New Times: The Changing Face Of Politics In The 1990s Marxism Today

Marxism Today has established itself in the last fivfe years as Britain's foremost political monthly. Its reputation was consolidated by its brilliant analysis of Thatcherism - a term pioneered by Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques. The magazine has now moved on to an analysis of New Times - the fundamental political, economic and cultural restructuring that has taken place in the last decade or so throughout Western Europe and North America. More recently, the accelerating pace of change in Eastern Europe has set in motion a political dynamic whose outcome is as hard to predict as that in the West. The profound changes which have occurred have redrawn the political map - and the new terrain has so far been more propitious for the right than for the left. The essays gathered in this collection are beginning to chart the new landscape, and to outline a politics for the 1990s. New Times is an agenda-setting collection which has important implications not just for Western socialism, but for any serious consideration of the future of politics. Contents Preface Introduction — Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques I NEW TIMES The New Times — Manifesto for New Times Fordism and Post-Fordism — Robin Murray Benetton Britain - Robin Murray Green Times — Fred Steward After the Masses — Dick Hebdige The End of Organised Capitalism — John Urry The Two-Thirds, One-Third Society — Goran Therbom The Meaning of New Times — Stuart Hall II IDENTITY AND THE INDIVIDUAL Power to the Person — Charlie Leadbeater The Politics of Identity — Rosalind Brunt The Politics of Consumption — Frank Mort Citizens and Citizenship — Stuart Hall and David Held III GLOBALISATION AND LOCALISATION The Decline of the Nation State — David Held The Irresistible Tide of Europeanisation — David Marquand Eastern Europe on the Move — Neal Ascherson The Crisis of Communism — Gareth Stedman Jones Britain and Europe — Martin Jacques Tartan Power — Tom Nairn The Onward March of the Small Nation — Gwyn A Williams The Changing Shape of the City — Geoff Mulgan New Times Towns — Beatrix Campbell IV RESPONSE OF THE CRITICS The Trouble With New Times — Michael Rustin After Henry — Paul Hirst V POLITICAL CULTURE The Decline of the Party - Sarah Benton The Power of the Weak — Geoff Mulgan Paths to Renewal — Manifesto for New Times Beyond Left and Right: The Need for a New Politics — David Marquand Uncertainty, Reversibility and Variety — Geoff Mulgan VI THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME Thatcherism and Progress — Charlie Leadbeater Novel Approaches: A Tale for New Times — David Edgar Vorsprung Durch Rethink - Goran Therbom Realignment of Politics - Manifesto for New Times Notes on Contributors Index Edited By Stuart Hall And Martin Jacques. First Published By Lawrence & Wishart 1989--t.p. Verso. In Association With Marxism Today--cover. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.