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This book is an attempt ‘to think in a Gramscian way’ about the curious political phenomenon of New Labour. It is written partly in retort to people at the heart of the New Labour project who have cited Gramsci as a source of inspiration for their ideas. Pearmain argues that New Labour makes a far better object than agent of Gramscian analysis. Part I discusses Gramsci’s influence on left thinking in Britain. Part II is a critique of New Labour, arguing that though elements of the Gramscian analysis of Labourism did play some part in its formation, much was lost in translation. In discussing the making of New Labour, and what it took from both right and left (as well as what it chose to leave out), Pearmain shows how Gramsci’s key political concepts offer a compelling explanation of exactly what went wrong with New Labour.

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  1. Front cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. 5-6
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 7-22
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  1. PART I: GRAMSCI AND HIS LEGACY
  1. Chapter 1. First Uses of Gramsci
  2. pp. 23-36
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  1. Chapter 2. Optimism of the Seventies, Pessimism of the Eighties
  2. pp. 37-56
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  1. Chapter 3. Iron in Our Souls: the Hegemony of Thatcherism
  2. pp. 57-89
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  1. Chapter 4. The Abuses of Gramsci : ‘Post-Marxism’, Postmodernism and Cultural Studies
  2. pp. 90-123
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  1. Chapter 5. The ‘Euro-communist’ Roots of New Labour: Marxism Today
  2. pp. 124-141
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  1. Chapter 6. The ‘Euro-communist’ Roots of New Labour: ‘New Times’
  2. pp. 142-161
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  1. PART II: CRITIQUE OFNEW LABOUR
  1. Chapter 7. The Makings of New Labour
  2. pp. 162-183
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  1. Chapter 8. Neil Kinnock and the Labour Party Policy Review
  2. pp. 184-197
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  1. Chapter 9. Labour, Modernity and ‘Modernisation’
  2. pp. 198-213
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  1. Chapter 10. What New Labour Took from the Left
  2. pp. 214-236
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  1. Chapter 11. What New Labour Left Out: the ‘Gramscian’ Left
  2. pp. 237-260
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  1. Postscript: Gramsci, History and New Labour revisited
  2. pp. 261-266
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 267-281
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 282-286
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