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The New Egalitarianism
organizado por Anthony Giddens e Patrick Diamond
Cambridge, Polity Press, 2005, 254+x pp.
editado em colaboração com policy network




Mais um importante contributo para pensar uma nova agenda da esquerda nos tempos que correm. Recomendável, mesmo aos que fogem da “terceira via” a sete pés… (frequentemente sem nada de substancial terem lido dos seus principais autores).

Índice « Preface / 1. Gøsta Esping-Anderson. Inequality of Incomes and Opportunities / 2. Ed Miliband. Does Inequality Matter? / 3. Robert Atkinson. Inequality in the New Knowledge Economy / 4. Robert Walker. Opportunity and life chances: the dynamics of poverty / 5. Anne Power. Where are the poor? The changing patterns of inequality and the impact of attempts to reduce it / 6. Patrick Diamond and Anthony Giddens. The New Egalitarianism: economic inequality in the UK / 7. Ulrich Beck. Inequality and Recognition: Pan-European social conflicts and their political dynamic / 8. Saskia Sasson. New Global Classes: Implications for Politics / 9. David Goodhart. Britain's Glue: the Case for Liberal Nationalism / 10. Magdalena Andersson. Why gender equality? / 11. Robert Wilkinson. Social Corrosion, Inequality and Health / 12. Julian Le Grand. Inequality, choice and public services »

Citação « This book tackles one of the most pressing issues currently facing centre-left governments: social inequality. At a time when the traditional mechanisms of social cohesion have been undermined by greater individualism, the globalization of production, and the fragmentation of social life, the challenges posed by inequality are more pronounced than ever before. As communities and cultures become more complex, social solidarity and social justice can increasingly seem like impossible ideals. […] The book shows that there is a viable future for a left-of-centre politics anchored in egalitarian values, but that it requires a break with some core assumptions of the past. » [da apresentação do editor]