Political Ideas
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Social Democracy without Foundations? David Marquand and the Historiography of the ‘Keynesian Welfare State’
Considering David Marquand's historical writings of the 1970s to the 1990s and placing them in dialogue with other historians.
- Progressive Politics
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David Marquand: The Pluralist Dilemma
On the opportunities and challenges presented by progressive pluralism.
- Progressive Politics
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David Marquand: One of our Great Progressive Thinkers
Why the decades ahead promise to be more propitious to David Marquand's cause.
- Progressive Politics
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David Marquand and Progressive Politics
Although David Marquand's resurrection of the ‘progressive tradition’ now feels intuitive, it was by no means inevitable.
- Progressive Politics
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"Politics is Largely About Defining Problems, Not Just Solving Them": Interview with Cas Mudde
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Cas Mudde, one of the world's leading experts on the far right.
- Brexit
- Populism
- USA
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David Marquand and the Dilemmas of Political Organisation
Exploring Marquand's clashes between commitment to values and finding appropriate organisational forms in which these can be embedded.
- Progressive Politics
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David Marquand’s Intellectual and Political Legacy
David Marquand, who died in April 2024, was a prominent figure in late 20th century British politics. This collection is devoted to analysing, criticising and celebrating his political and academic contributions. Different articles concentrate on his historiography, the tension between liberalism and socialism, political economy, communitarianism, the dilemmas of choosing between loyalty to organizations and to values, as well as reminiscences of Marquand’s own contributions to practical politics.
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Revisionism as Statecraft: David Marquand, the SDP Split and the Politics of Community
Addressing a surprisingly neglected aspect of David Marquand's intellectual development: his career as a politician.
- Progressive Politics
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“We can combine control and compassion. We don't have to choose between them”: Interview with Sunder Katwala
Anya Pearson interviews Sunder Katwala, the director of British Future, on issues of immigration, identity, and race.
- Conservative Party
- Equality
- Populism
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Labour Party
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Review: Orwell's Ghosts. Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century, by Laura Beers
Few writers are as clear and as misunderstood as Orwell.
- Progressive Politics
