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Migration and the rise of the radical right

Date: 09 March 2010
Author(s): Montserrat Guibernau
Migration and the rise of the radical right

In recent years, the popularity of new radical right-wing parties with anti-immigrant platforms has increased across Europe. This paper outlines the complex set of factors that account for this trend and offers a critical evaluation of the way mainstream parties are responding.
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Rethinking climate change strategy for national governments

Date: 27 February 2010
Author(s): Stephen Hale
Rethinking climate change strategy for national governments

Copenhagen has been seen by many as a setback for global action on climate change. But in truth it could provoke the rethink that has long been needed. National governments hold the key to our long-term prosperity, acting domestically and in concert with others.
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Regrets, they’ve had a few: where now for climate politics?

Date: 26 February 2010
Author(s): Jürgen Krönig
Regrets, they 've had a few: where now for climate politics

The Copenhagen fiasco combined with the crisis of credibility afflicting climate science offers progressives a vital opportunity to inject a much needed dose of realism into the politics of climate change.

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Needs must: should the environment trump prosperity?

Series: Climate change: the challenge for social democracy
Date: 26 February 2010
Author(s): Clive Soley
Needs must: should the environment trump prosperity?

The need to reduce carbon emissions while protecting jobs and prosperity is a key challenge for progressive politicians, both practically and ideologically. Using opposition to the third runway at Heathrow as a case-in-point, Clive Soley argues that the adoption of negative policies which impinge on individual choice and quality of life are counter-productive and electorally damaging.
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Jobs, industry and opportunity: Growth strategies after the crisis

Date: 16 February 2010
Jobs, industry and opportunity: growth strategies after the crisis

Governments around the world must address wide-ranging policy challenges if they are to emerge from the recession and plot a path to sustainable long-term prosperity. The global financial crisis demanded emergency actions to stabilise the financial system and avert a 1930s style depression.
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Challenging the politics of evasion: the only way to renew European social democracy

Date: 04 December 2009
Author(s): Olaf Cramme, Patrick Diamond & Roger Liddle
Challenging the politics of evasion: the only way to renew European social democracy
The Amsterdam process

In challenging and contesting the "politics of evasion" this new Policy Network paper offers a candid assessment of the centre-left's current predicament, setting out a path for a much needed period of ideological renewal.
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Decentralising integration policies

Date: 26 November 2009
Author(s): Rinus Penninx
Decentralising integration policies: managing migration in cities, regions and localities

As cities and regions across Europe struggle to manage the integration challenges posed by immigration, a growing number of people are looking to decentralisation for answers. This paper argues that increasing the financial and decision-making power of local authorities is a necessary precondition for formulating and implementing successful integration policies, but it is not a panacea.
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Democracy, climate change and global governance

Date: 23 November 2009
Author(s): David Held & Angus Fane Hervey
Democracy, climate change and global governance

The urgent challenge of climate change poses a critical test for modern democracy and rules-based international politics. Democracies need to shift from loose policy commitments to real and binding action. Yet, there are enormous collective action problems in combating climate change. Can democratic systems evolve to confront the challenge?

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An EU "fit for purpose" in the global age - Can we rise to the challenge?

Date: 30 October 2009
Author(s): Loukas Tsoukalis, Olaf Cramme & Roger Liddle
An EU "fit for purpose" in the global age - Can we rise to the challenge?

Inspired by three volumes of original policy papers on the full range of EU challenges written by leading experts in the field, this synthesis report provides a compact analysis of how the EU needs to evolve and operate if it is to live up to the expectations and hopes of many of its citizens.
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Rescuing the European project: EU legitimacy, governance and security

Date: 29 October 2009
Editor(s): Olaf Cramme
Rescuing the European project: EU legitimacy, governance and security

What exactly is the EU’s “purpose” in the 21st century and what kind of reforms are required to render it “fit”? In this volume, leading thinkers and experts provide compelling answers to issues of legitimacy, governance, internal security and migration.
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The EU in a world in transition: Fit for what purpose?

Date: 28 October 2009
Editor(s): Loukas Tsoukalis
The EU in a world in transition: Fit for what purpose?

What exactly is the EU’s “purpose” in the 21st century and what kind of reforms are required to render it “fit”? In this volume, leading thinkers and experts provide compelling answers to issues of defence and security, global economic governance, neighbourhood policy, trade, energy and climate change.

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After the crisis: A new socio-economic settlement for the EU

Date: 27 October 2009
Editor(s): Roger Liddle
After the crisis: A new socio-economic settlement for the EU

In this volume, leading thinkers and experts provide compelling answers to issues of economic governance, financial regulation, budget reform, social policy and sustainable growth.
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Beyond exceptionalism? The United States in a multi-polar world

Series: Foresight
Date: 09 October 2009
Author(s): Elena Jurado & Priya Shankar
Beyond exceptionalism? The United States in a multi-polar world

By announcing their intention to "reset" relations with Russia and hold direct talks with Iran and North Korea, the Obama administration has actively sought to embrace multilateralism. Around the world, this new willingness to engage has been welcomed with enthusiasm, especially following the unilateralist policies of the Bush years.
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On the move? Labour migration in times of recession

Date: 06 July 2009
Author(s): Janet Dobson, Alan Latham & John Salt
On the move? Labour migration in times of recession

This paper aims to provide a context for informed discussion on migration and recession in the UK. It does so by analysing evidence on migration flows during previous economic downturns in the UK and more widely in Europe and considers implications for the present.
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Beyond New Labour: the future of social democracy in Britain

Date: 12 June 2009
Editor(s): Patrick Diamond & Roger Liddle
Launch speech by Roger Liddle - Beyond New Labour - The future of social democracy in Britain

Social democratic thinking has to come to terms with the dramatic economic and social transformations sweeping the world. The importance of the state has been reaffirmed, but the future cannot lie solely in a return to statism and a revival of Keynesian social democracy.

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Global power revisited: the role of the United States in a changing world order

Date: 10 June 2009
Global power revisited: the role of the United States in a changing world order

Focusing on the role of the US in a changing world order, this Foresight reader brings together "insider" and "outsider" perspectives on three key global challenges: managing the economic and political fallout of the global financial crisis; forging an integrated international security policy based on multilateral cooperation, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan; and the challenges of climate change, energy security and proliferation for global governance.
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Building a low-carbon future: the politics of climate change

Date: 05 June 2009
Editor(s): Anthony Giddens, Simon Latham and Roger Liddle
Building a low-carbon future: the politics of climate change

This publication contains the politics of climate change project's key policy recommendations and conclusions and it informed a major Policy Network conference entitled "the politics of climate change: from economic crisis to business revolution", which took place in London on the 5th of June 2009.
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Social Justice in the Global Age

Date: 27 March 2009
Editor(s): Olaf Cramme & Patrick Diamond

What is the relationship between the principles of social justice and global justice? How can we best reconcile the quest for greater social justice ‘at home’ with greater social justice in the world? Are the social justice pressures our societies currently face the result of globalisation or are they domestically generated? How can we advance social justice in the light of the new social realities? In this volume, leading international experts offer compelling answers to these questions.
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Handbook of ideas - Responses to the global crisis: charting a progressive path

Date: 19 March 2009
Editor(s): Olaf Cramme & Elena Jurado
Responses to the global crisis: charting a progressive path

The global financial crisis has dealt a shattering blow to the neoliberal faith in laissez-faire as the dominant guiding principle for the organisation of markets. The crisis has also exposed the fragility of globalisation: as sources of financing dry up, we are witnessing a dramatic collapse in world trade, shrinking capital flows and a worrying rise in anti-immigrant sentiment.
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The politics of climate change

Date: 15 March 2009
Author(s): Anthony Giddens

In The Politics of Climate Change, Giddens, the Labour peer and former director of the LSE, controversially argues that we do not have a systematic politics of climate change. While the consequences of climate change are potentially catastrophic, the book argues that for most policymakers and citizens it remains only a latent concern.
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A progressive agenda for global action

Date: 13 March 2009
A progressive agenda for global action

Addressing some of the most pressing issues facing progressive governments across the world today, including economic and social change, poverty and development, climate change and migration, as well as how international institutions can be reformed to meet the new challenges that globalisation presents, this edited volume brings together a collection of expert papers from recognised international experts and thinkers.
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Options for the EU post-2009

Date: 09 March 2009
Author(s): Olaf Cramme, Roger Liddle, Loukas Tsoukalis
Options for the EU post-2009 - Synthesis report

Examining how the EU can evolve into the next decade in a world of rapid globalisation and economic and financial uncertainty, the first draft of the synthesis report "Options for the EU post-2009 " is now available for comment and response.
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Rethinking migration: work and welfare in a mobile economy

Date: 12 December 2008
Author(s): Elena Jurado & Annie Bruzzone
Rethinking migration: work and welfare in a mobile economy

If our aim is to enhance the productive incorporation of migrant workers, existing efforts to manage migration require a much more holistic approach. This does not mean that states should abandon efforts to select migrants, but rather that immigration, labour market and welfare policies need to be developed in tandem, suggest Elena Jurado & Annie Bruzzone in a new Policy Network paper marking the culmination of a 12 month project into the myths and realities of labour migration.
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The politics of climate policy in affluent democracies

Date: 22 October 2008
The politics of climate policy in affluent democracies

Ian Bailey is a senior lecturer in human geography at the University of Plymouth and Hugh Compston is a reader in politics at the Cardiff School of European Studies, University of Cardiff.
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The EU and the management of sustainable development: the role of the Nordics

Date: 17 October 2008
Author(s): Mans Lonnroth
The European Union and the management of sustainable development: the role of the Nordics

Måns Lönnroth is the former managing director of Mistra, the Swedish foundation for strategic environmental research. This paper was the basis of his contribution to a seminar on the Politics of Climate Change: National Innovation, Leadership and Policy Approaches Within the EU’s Framework for Action, held in London on 9 October 2008.
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Social pessimism: the new social reality of Europe

Date: 08 October 2008
Author(s): Roger Liddle
Social pessimism: the new social reality of Europe

Social pessimism across Europe is on the rise, particularly among the larger and more established EU member states. Only by shaping markets and globalisation in a more socially just way can European progressives begin the necessary process of rethinking how a “new politics of optimism” can be developed, says Roger Liddle in a new essay for Policy Network.
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The politics of climate change

Date: 08 September 2008
Author(s): Anthony Giddens
The politics of climate change

Climate change is now a mainstream political issue. However, as yet there is no substantive framework for policy which offers coherence and consistency as to how national governments should cope with its long-term political challenges, according to a new paper by the Labour peer and sociologist Anthony Giddens.
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Russia's role in a multi-polar world

Date: 25 June 2008
Author(s): Elena Jurado
Russia's role in a multipolar world

Following on from the Foresight Moscow symposium, this paper argues that accepting Russia as an equal in international negotiations is a prerequisite for solving today's global challenges. It suggests that western engagement with Russia will ultimately serve to ensure that Russians see the value of multilateralism and therefore become more cooperative international players.
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One of us? Understanding public perceptions of labour migration in Europe

Series: Policy Network paper
Date: 13 May 2008
Author(s): Lauren M McLaren
One of us? Understanding public perceptions of labour migration in Europe

Anti-immigrant hostility is predominantly driven by the fear of the cultural and social unknown, rather than by economic concerns, as it is commonly perceived, suggests Lauren M McLaren, professor of politics at the University of Nottingham in a paper contributing to Policy Network's new research initiative on the myths and realities of labour migration in Europe.
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Follow my lead :The role of politics in shaping the debate on labour migration

Series: Policy Network paper
Date: 13 May 2008
Author(s): Shamit Saggar
Follow my lead : The role of politics in shaping the debate on labour migration

A lack of political and social imagination are likely to be the biggest obstacles of all in addressing rising public hostility to immigration, argues Shamit Saggar, professor of politics at the University of Sussex, in a paper contributing to Policy Network’s new research initiative on the myths and realities of labour migration in Europe.
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Shifting Alliances: Europe, America and the future of Britain's global strategy

Date: 21 April 2008
Author(s): Patrick Diamond

The central dilemma of Britain’s global strategy is the still unresolved choice between Europe and America, according to a new book by Policy Network board member and former director, Patrick Diamond.
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Progressive governance 2008: the path to a global progressive consensus

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Roger Liddle
Progressive governance 2008: the path to a global progressive consensus

The challenges of the global age demand the forging of a new global progressive consensus between countries of the developed and developing world, says Roger Liddle, vice chair of Policy Network in his paper for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Addressing poverty in a globalised economy

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Jody Heymann and Magda Barrera
Addressing poverty in a globalised economy

All trade agreements should include an enforceable clause that countries will fulfil their own labour laws and abide by international agreements, say Jody Heymann and Magda Barrera of McGill University, in their paper on addressing poverty in a globalised economy, commissioned for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Poverty and development: lessons from Argentina

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Bernardo Kliksberg
Poverty and development: lessons from Argentina

The development of Argentina in the past decade offers important lessons for other developing economies in Latin America and more widely, for combating poverty and inequality, says Bernardo Kliksberg, honorary professor of the University of Buenos Aires in his paper for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Migration policies and the Millennium Development Goals

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Ronald Skeldon
Migration policies and the Millennium Development Goals

Responsive immigration policies and data that can be used to map out present and projected migration are crucial for achieving the global aims of the Millennium Development Goals, says Ronald Skeldon, a professorial fellow at the University of Sussex, in his paper for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Growth, trade, integration and policy space

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Duncan Green
Growth, trade, integration and policy space

A review of the impact of bilateral, regional and global trade and investment agreements is urgently required to begin to tackle the current inequities in the current global trading system against some developing economies, says Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam GB, in his paper commissioned for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Global policies for the bottom billion

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 03 April 2008
Author(s): Paul Collier
Global policies for the bottom billion

A post-conflict compact guaranteeing intervention in the face of a coup attempt against a democratically elected government is among the four “global policies for the bottom billion” put forward by Paul Collier, professor of economics at Oxford University, in his paper for the Progressive Governance Conference.
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From intervention to cooperation: reforming the IMF and World Bank

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 02 April 2008
Author(s): Ngaire Woods
From intervention to cooperation: reforming the IMF and World Bank

The IMF and World Bank must globalize their governance and move from a stance of intervention to cooperation to meet the challenges of the global age, says Ngaire Wood, director of the Global Economic Governance Programme at Oxford University, in her paper for the Progressive Governance conference.
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Global challenges: accountability and effectiveness

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 02 April 2008
Author(s): David Held
Global challenges: accountability and effectiveness

The complex nature of today’s globalisation requires a reinforcement of international law and the multilateral institutions and a change of direction in the governance of the world economy, David Held, co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance at the LSE, in his paper for the Progressive Governance Conference.
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Climate change adaptation in post-2012 architecture

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 31 March 2008
Author(s): Saleemul Huq and Mozahural Alam
Climate change adaptation in post-2012 architecture

The climate regime beyond 2012 will require an agreement on deep cuts on global emissions, the adoption of appropriate adaptation measures, and an agreement on the required financial resources to be effective, say Saleemul Huq and Mozaharul Alam in their paper commissioned for Progressive Governance 2008.
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Living sustainably: approaches for the developed and developing world

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 31 March 2008
Author(s): Michael Redclift and Emma Hinton
Living sustainably: approaches for the developed and developing world

The assumptions underpinning policy on growth and economic development at the national and international level will have to be radically reversed for countries in the developed and developing world to effectively tackle climate change, say Michael Redclift, professor of international environment policy, and Emma Hinton, a researcher in the Department of Geography, King’s College, London.
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Climate change versus development: trade-offs and synergies

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 31 March 2008
Author(s): Rob Swart
Climate change versus development: trade-offs and synergies

Climate change response strategies are likely to be more successful if they are embedded in the pursuance of broader sustainable development initiatives, and vice versa, says Rob Swart, coordinator of the international climate change adaptation research at Wageningen University and Research Centre (Alterra), in his paper for the Progressive Governance Conference.
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Climate change negotiations reconsidered

Series: Progressive governance papers
Date: 31 March 2008
Author(s): Scott Barrett
Climate change negotiations reconsidered

The global efforts to address climate change contained in the Kyoto Protocol and Bali Roadmap have failed, and only a technologicl revolution offers the chance to stabilise carbon emissions at levels low enough to prevent a dangerous escalation in global mean temperatures, says Scott Barrett, professor of environmental economics and international political economy at the School of Advanced Studies at John Hopkins University, in his paper commissioned for the Progressive Governance Conference 2008.
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Citizenship: tool or reward? The role of citizenship policy in the process of integration

Series: Policy Network paper
Date: 29 February 2008
Author(s): Elena Jurado
Citizenship: tool or reward?

European governments should adopt a model of citizenship which prioritises the role of equality and participation, rather than language and identity, if they wish to achieve a more integrated society, according to a new paper published by Policy Network.
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Creating a culture of fairness: a progressive response to income inequality in Britain

Series: Policy Network essay
Date: 07 January 2008
Author(s): Roger Liddle
Creating a culture of fairness: a progressive response to income inequality in Britain

A Top Pay Commission matching the current Low Pay Commission to scrutinise pay awards to executives in the private as well as the public sector is among the measures put forward by Roger Liddle, vice chair of Policy Network and a former adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso, in a new essay on tackling income inequality in the UK.
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Equality: a political choice

Series: Policy Network paper
Date: 04 December 2007
Author(s): Sotirios Zartaloudis
Equality: a political choice

A more radical approach, including measures to prevent the escalation in the pay of celebrities such as David Beckham as well as top company CEOs, is needed to lower the high levels of inequality in the UK, according to a paper on income inequality trends in Europe and the US published by the international thinktank Policy Network.
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A new social Europe

Series: Freethinking paper, the Fabian Society
Date: 01 September 2007
Author(s): Roger Liddle
A new social Europe

Now is the time for Gordon Brown to restate Labour's commitment to a social Europe, argues former Blair adviser and Policy Network vice chair, Roger Liddle, in a freethinking paper for the Fabian Society.
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Public Matters: The renewal of the public realm

Series: Public Service Reform Group
Date: 02 July 2007
Editor(s): Patrick Diamond, Public Service Reform Group
Public Matters outline
Public Matters executive summary

Labour needs to go back to first principles and develop a new agenda for public services, argues Public Matters, a book edited by Policy Network’s former director, Patrick Diamond, in conjunction with the Public Service Research Group.
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Rethinking Immigration and Integration: A new centre-left agenda

Series: Policy Network pamphlet
Date: 18 April 2007
Author(s): Alessandra Buonfino, Liam Byrne MP, Elizabeth Collett, Rene Cuperus, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, François Dubet, Luca Einaudi, Ernst Hillebrand, Jürgen Krönig, Richard Pearson, Consuelo Rumí Ibáñez, Endre Sik
Rethinking Immigration and Integration: a new centre-left agenda

Centre-left parties need to address the concerns of the losers of immigration while better communicating the benefits that migrants bring to our economy and society as a whole, according to a pamphlet by leading European progressives on the challenges of immigration and social integration.
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Spanish Steps: Zapatero and the second transition in Spain

Series: Policy Network e-pamphlet
Date: 26 March 2007
Author(s): David Mathieson
Spanish Steps: Zapatero and the second transition in Spain

Having led the Spanish Socialist party to victory in 2004, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has embarked on a radical agenda of social and political reform accompanied by a commitment to sound economic management. This essay by David Mathieson provides an excellent overview of the second transition of economic, social and political reform that is bringing Spain into the 21st century.
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The European Union in the Global Age

Series: Policy Network e-pamphlet
Date: 22 March 2007
Author(s): Peter Mandelson
The European Union in the Global Age

This important pamphlet by the EU commissioner for trade and Policy Network’s honorary chair, Peter Mandelson, aims to stimulate constructive debate across the EU about Europe’s future, exploring how the social well-being of Europe’s citizens can best be advanced within a globalising world.
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Over To You, Mr Brown

Series: Polity Press
Date: 19 March 2007
Author(s): Anthony Giddens

Anthony Giddens' The Third Way had a far-reaching impact upon the evolution of New Labour in the UK, and upon left-of-centre policies in many other countries too. Today, nearly a decade later, Labour stands again at a decisive point in its history.
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The social reality of Europe

Series: BEPA paper
Date: 05 March 2007
Author(s): Roger Liddle, Frederic Lerais
The social reality of Europe

The social reality of Europe, written by Policy Network’s vice chair Roger Liddle when he was senior adviser to the EU Commission President Jose Manual Barroso, was the major first step towards launching the official Commission consultation "taking stock of the social situation in the European Union".
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Third Time Lucky? Lessons from New Labour's 2005 election campaign

Series: E-pamphlet
Date: 20 December 2006
Author(s): Matt Carter, Fiona Gordon, Philip Gould, Alan Milburn, Sally Morgan
Editor(s): Matt Browne
Third Time Lucky? Lessons from New Labour's 2005 election campaign

New Labour’s 2005 election success was met with some surprise in other European countries, as many had predicted a more pessimistic outcome. There was a great deal of international progressive interest in the campaign techniques and strategies which had propelled Tony Blair’s party to victory.
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Private Investment for Public Success

Series: Public Services E-pamphlet
Date: 14 November 2006
Author(s): Alan Milburn, Tim Stone, Steve Reeve, Anna Simons, Ken Anderson, Gary Sturgess, Briony Smith, Stelio Stefanou
Private Investment for Public Success

This pamphlet argues that public-private partnerships (PPP) are crucial to successful and long-term public service reform. Far-reaching socio-economic changes in the 21st century make reform inevitable and public services need to respond accordingly.
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Europe in the Global Age

Date: 09 October 2006
Author(s): Anthony Giddens

Europe in the Global Age is Anthony Giddens’ essential contribution to the Policy Network project on the European Social Model undertaken in 2005 and 2006. Consolidating the research brought to light by the leading thinkers involved in this project, the book assesses the future of the European Social Model in the 21st century.
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Global Europe Social Europe

Series: Polity Press
Date: 09 October 2006
Editor(s): Anthony Giddens, Patrick Diamond, Roger Liddle

Global Europe, Social Europe is the product of a Policy Network project on the European Social Model undertaken in 2005 and 2006. A collection of essays from leading thinkers on Europe, the book discusses the unfolding challenges facing the European Social Model in the 21st century.
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The Hampton Court Agenda: a social model for Europe

Series: European Social Model
Date: 01 July 2006
Author(s): Patrick Diamond, Maurizio Ferrera, Anthony Giddens, Roger Liddle, Joakim Palme, Maria Joao Rodrigues, Luc Soete, Loukas Tsoukalis, Patrick Weil
The Hampton Court Agenda: a social model for Europe

This booklet is the product of the Policy Network's flagship project on the future of the European Social Model (ESM). It provides a comprehensive academic analysis of the challenges facing the European Social Model and identifies policy responses to them.
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Conundrums of Reform: Efficiency, public virtue and the delivery of world-class public services

Series: Public Services E-pamphlet
Date: 01 June 2006
Author(s): Patrick Diamond
Conundrums of Reform: Efficiency, public virtue and the delivery of world class public services

This paper makes the case that all programmes of reform in public services throw up tensions and dilemmas. It does so by drawing on the legacy of organisational reform at the BBC.
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Progressive Politics Vol 5.1

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 April 2006
Editor(s): Patrick Diamond, Matt Browne
Progressive Politics 5.1

This special edition of Progressive Politics reflects on Policy Network’s accomplishments over the last five years, while projecting forward to address the challenges of the future.
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Social Mobility and Public Service Reform

Series: Public Services E-pamphlet
Date: 01 February 2006
Author(s): Jim Murphy, Jet Bussemaker, Lena Hallengren, Enrique Guerrero, Morgan Johansson, Steve Bracks
Editor(s): Jim Murphy
Social Mobility and Public Service Reform

Social mobility lies at the very heart of the progressive programme. It is the key measure of our ability to deliver a fairer society in which equality of opportunity is open to all.
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Progressive Politics Vol 4.3

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 September 2005
Author(s): Tony Blair MP, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Ferenc Gyurcsany, Katinka Barysch, Anthony Giddens, Jane Jenson, Manns Lonnroth, Mircea Geoena
Editor(s): Matt Browne

This edition of Progressive Politics focuses on the future of the European Social Model and draws together contributions from politicians, strategists and thinkers who have been involved in a series of events we have organised since the summer and will continue to organise into the autumn.
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Towards World Democracy

Series: Global Governance pamphlet
Date: 25 July 2005
Author(s): Pascal Lamy
Towards World Democracy

In Latin America, in Africa, in Asia, I am often questioned about the future of Europe. In the past, I would respond with assurance, with the conviction of the observer of a work taking shape. Although the difficulties are evident, the European project has never been so pertinent - for Europeans ourselves, but also for the rest of the world.
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Progressive Politics Vol 4.2

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 July 2005
Author(s): Thabo Mbeki, Essop Pahad, Hilary Benn, David Mepham, Ade Adefuye, John Edwards, Peter Mandelson, Ricardo Lagos, Rene Cuperus, Anthony Giddens
Editor(s): Matt Browne

This edition of Progressive Politics has been produced to coincide with the regional Progressive Governance Conference hosted by President Thabo Mbeki in Johannesburg. The conference falls at an opportune moment, several months after the publication of the Africa Commission’s report, and a few short weeks after the G8 Summit in Gleneagles.
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The New Egalitarianism

Date: 29 June 2005
Editor(s): Anthony Giddens, Patrick Diamond

Bringing together original contribution from globally renowned thinkers such as Gosta Esping-Andersen, Saskia Sassen, Ulrich Beck and Anthony Giddens, as well as senior New Labour figures, the book offers a coherent account of the dynamics and multifaceted nature of contemporary inequality, and lays out how these inequalities can be countered.
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Progressive Politics Vol 4.1

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 March 2005
Editor(s): Matt Browne
Volume 4.1

The new issue of Progressive Politics, Policy Network's journal, focuses on the challenges progressives face in the future. The first two articles deal with the Welfare State, the Social Democrats’ greatest achievement, according to Policy Network’s director Matt Browne, who has written the editorial. The centre-left should be careful not to allow its brainchild to become outdated.
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Economic Reform in Europe: Priorities for the next five years

Date: 10 November 2004
Editor(s): Roger Liddle, Maria João Rodrigues

The booklet published by Policy Network sets out an economic and social agenda for the incoming Barroso Commission. It contains eight diverse and individual essays on the reform challenges that the EU faces arising from the deliberations of a distinguished Policy Network working group that met several times earlier this year.
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Progressive Politics Vol 3.3

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 13 October 2004
Author(s): Tony Blair, Ferenc Gyurcsány, Ricardo Lagos, Göran Persson, Stanislav Gross
Editor(s): Matt Browne

This special edition of the journal has been prepared for this year’s Progressive Governance Conference taking place in Budapest on October 13th-14th. With original contributions from Tony Blair, Ferenc Gyurcsány, Ricardo Lagos, Göran Persson and Stanislav Gross, the world leaders consider progressive strategies for the common problems faced by the centre-left.
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Progressive Politics Vol 3.2

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 June 2004
Author(s): Giuliano Amato, Ron Asmus, Laurent Fabius, Ulrike Guerot, Peter Mandelson, Karsten D. Voigt, Kemal Derviş, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero , Gene Sperling
Editor(s): Matt Browne

The new issue of Policy Network’s journal, Progressive Politics focuses on the future of transatlantic relations. This volume includes six original articles by politicians and thinkers such as Giuliano Amato, Ron Asmus, Laurent Fabius, Ulrike Guérot, Peter Mandelson and Karsten D. Voigt. Together they stress the importance of, and the need for, finding new ways ahead for a revitalised transatlantic partnership.
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Progressive Politics Vol 3.1

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 March 2004
Editor(s): Peter Mandelson
Progressive Politics Vol 3.1

The last edition of the Policy Network Journal, Progressive Politics ‘Twenty-first century democracies – rebuilding trust’ has just been published and focuses on the distrust between politics and politicians. As Peter Mandelson writes in his editorial, “the challenge of democratic renewal is key to the future of progressive politics”. The articles cover such diverse topics as the lessons that can be learnt by European progressives from the Swedish Euro referendum, the future of multi-lateralist politics after Cancún and the building of a new coalition of the Italian Left.
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Where Now for European Social Democracy?

Series: Trilateral Seminar pamphlet
Date: 01 February 2004
Author(s): Peter Mandelson, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Sigmar Gabriel, Patrick Diamond, Angelica Schwall-Duren, Jean Pisani-Ferry, Roger Liddle, David Blunkett, Brigitte Zypries, Marisol Touraine
Where Now for Social Democracy?

In February 2004, Policy Network organised a two day British-French-German seminar on the future of European Social Democracy. For this occasion a collection of essays, Where Now for European Social Democracy? was published.
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Progressive Politics Vol 2.3

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 September 2003
Editor(s): Peter Mandelson
Progressive Politics Vol 2.3

The articles contained within this special edition of Progressive Politics are based on the speeches and discussions held at the Progressive Governance Conference hosted in London this July. This conference – which brought together 12 world leaders, former heads of state and government, and over 650 politicians, strategists and thinkers from more than 30 countries – was the largest gathering of its kind ever staged.
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Rethinking Social Democracy

Date: 01 September 2003
Editor(s): Matt Browne, Patrick Diamond

A collection of thought provoking essays that brings together established figures from across the globe with the new generation of European progressives to stake out a bold new agenda for the future of social democracy.
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Progressive Futures

Date: 01 July 2003
Progressive Futures

Progressive Futures is a collection of independent expert reports considering new ideas and approaches for the centre-left in order to meet the new policy and political challenges of the 21st century. It was commissioned ahead of the Progressive Governance conference held in London in July 2003, and arose out of the preparatory work of a series of seven working groups chaired by Anthony Giddens, bringing together over 150 experts, practitioners and politicians from around the world.
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Progressive Politics Vol 2.2

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 July 2003
Author(s): Tony Blair MP, Gerhard Schroder, Jean Chretien, Göran Persson , Thabo Mbeki , John Kay, Gøsta Esping-Andersen , Stephen Davis, Javier Solana , Gareth Evans , Mike Moore
Editor(s): Peter Mandelson

The New Edition of Progressive Politics is now available. Produced for the Progressive Governance Conference, this edition includes contributions from Tony Blair, Gerhard Schroder, Goran Persson, Thabo Mbeki, Jean Chretien, Javier Solana, and Wouter Bos, among others. The contributors set out a bold new agenda for the renewal of progressive politics for the coming decade and beyond, and respond to the challenges laid down in earlier editions of the journal.
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Progressive Politics Vol 2.1

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 January 2003
Author(s): Tony Blair , Alan Milburn , David Miliband, Tiziano Treu, Antonio Vitorino, Constantine Simitis, Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, John Browne, Douglas Alexander
Editor(s): Peter Mandelson

The Second Edition of Progressive Politics is now available. With exclusive articles by Tony Blair, Alan Milburn, David Miliband, Tiziano Treu and many more, Progressive Politics continues to set the debate for modernising social democracy. This, the second edition of Progressive Politics also builds on the debates and arguments made in the inaugural edition, The Challenge of Renewal.
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Progressive Politics Vol 1.1

Series: Progressive Politics Journal
Date: 01 September 2002
Author(s): Bill Clinton, Pascal Lamy, Zaki Laidi, James Rubin, David Held, Anthony McGrew, Charles Leadbeater, Gene Sperling, Frederic Michel, Matthew Browne, Yves Barou, Philip Gould, Anthony Giddens, Francesco Rutelli
Editor(s): Peter Mandelson

This, the inaugural edition of Progressive Politics contains exclusive articles by Bill Clinton, Pascal Lamy, Francesco Rutteli, Par Nuder, Philip Gould and many more. Whether addressing the reasons behind recent electoral results in Europe, the politics of globalization, or the new policy options open to the centre-left, Progressive Politics sets the tone of the debate for all those interested in modernising social democracy.
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