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

Beech, Matt; Page, Robert M.

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.

Citation

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: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Social policy and society
• Print ISSN: 1474-7464
• 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
• Contract Date: Nov 23, 2017