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Blue and purple Labour challenges to the welfare state: How should 'statist' social democrats respond?

Beech, Matt; Page, Robert M.

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Dr Matt Beech M.Beech@hull.ac.uk
Reader in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics

Robert M. Page



Abstract

This article explores two influential strands of thinking about the welfare state, Blue Labour and Purple Labour, that have emerged following New Labour's defeat at the 2010 General Election. It is argued that although both of these new approaches raise some important issues about the relational and associational dimensions of social welfare as well as diversity and pluralism, those committed to universal and egalitarian goals should not abandon the ‘statist’ social democratic approach to the welfare state.

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Beech, M., & Page, R. M. (2015). Blue and purple Labour challenges to the welfare state: How should 'statist' social democrats respond?. Social policy and society : a journal of the Social Policy Association, 14(3), 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746414000463

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 18, 2014
Online Publication Date Oct 21, 2014
Publication Date 2015-07
Deposit Date Nov 3, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Social policy and society
Print ISSN 1474-7464
Electronic ISSN 1475-3073
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Issue 3
Pages 341-356
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746414000463
Keywords Blue Labour; Purple Labour; Social democracy; Welfare state
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/380779
Publisher URL http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=9748534&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S1474746414000463
Additional Information Author's accepted manuscript of article published in: Social policy and society, 2015, v.14, issue 3

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