Soundings |
Who
will speak for England?In this issue we continue discussion on a number of themes that are critical to rethinking left strategy and developing opposition to Coalition government policies - extending democracy across the regions and nations of the UK, a new welfare settlement, and a new political economy.
Our first three articles explore Englishness, regionalism and localism. The next three continue our discussion on the public sphere, and in particular our efforts to alert readers to the massive withdrawal of support by the government for those living with incapacity or disability. The last five articles continue the search for a new political economy.
In the year ahead Soundings will be analysing and developing the central themes in society, the economy and culture, to help create a Labour revival, and a new political strategy for the left.
Contents
Time
for an optimistic Englishness
Anthony Painter
English socialism - regional accent?
Paul Salveson
Democratic localism
Ken Spours
The benefits scandal
Kaliya Franklin and Sue Marsh
'Dependency' and disability: how to misread the evidence on social security
Declan Gaffney
Cuts are a feminist issue
The feminist fightback collective
Reviews
Craig Berry, Rhiannon Freeland, Michael Moran, Alan O'Shea
Relational
economics
Andrea Westall
Where
did it all go wrong for George Osborne?
Michael Burke
'Cars not casinos': the manufacturing revival
Paul Everitt
The entrepreneurial state
Mariana Mazzucato
'Managed' v 'market capitalism': the record
Stewart Lansley
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