Soundings

Now is the time for the left to put forward alternatives to the misery brought on us all by neoliberalism. The tired policies of the New Labour old guard and the obvious bankruptcy of neoliberal economics offer an opportunity for a different political economy and an alternative set of values. Soundings 44 offers a range of ideas and themes for regenerating contemporary political discussion.

Contributors:

Lisa Baraitser, Simon Bucks, Anna Coote, Jon Cruddas, Danny Dorling, Ewald Engelen, Jayati Ghosh, Alan Finlayson, Jane Franklin, Stuart Hall, Georgina Henry, Catherine Howarth, Joy Johnson, Stewart Lansley, Doreen Massey, Joe Moran, Andy Newman, Julian Petley, Howard Reed, Michael Prior, James Rhodes, Jonathan Rutherford, Imogen Tyler

Contents

Ethical socialism
Jon Cruddas and Jonathan Rutherford
The broken society versus the social recession
Alan Finlayson
The return to elitism in education
Danny Dorling
Transforming welfare: new economics, New Labour and the new Tories
Anna Coote and Jane Franklin
Interpreting the crisis
Stuart Hall and Doreen Massey
Filling the void: Burnley and the everyday politics of the BNP
James Rhodes
The labourist tradition
Andy Newman
After Copenhagen
Michael Prior
The future of roads
Joe Moran
Talking of mothers
Lisa Baraitser and Imogen Tyler
Media prospects
Georgina Henry, Simon Bucks, Julian Petley, Joy Johnson

Poems
River Walton, Nina Bahadur, Andrew George, Kona MacPhee, Julia Copus,
Anuradha Vijayakrishnan

Reviews
Howard Reed, Kim Humphery, David Purdy
How soaring inequality contributed to the crash
Stewart Lansley
Making banks fit for purpose
Ewald Engelen et al
Pensions: time to vote with our money
Catherine Howarth
Global crisis and the developing world
Jayati Ghosh