Publications

As the Parties pause for the recess, Policy Network publishes asubstantial new pamphlet on the “economic trap” in which theConservatives hope to snare Labour.

In the Black Labour: Why fiscal conservatism and social justice go hand-in-hand is a new Policy Network discussion paper which aims to start a debate in the Labour movement on how to achieve fiscal sustainability.

Labour thinkers, politicians and academics develop a clear vision of what mutualism means for Labour and how it can be used to drive forward the social democratic project and serve as a model of post-crisis economic reform in both the public and private sector.

This paper re-visits the debate about the EU’s alleged, perceived or real “democratic deficit”. It does so by looking both at the changing space for EU politics and how political parties, both on the left and right, need to adapt in order to provide meaningful choices vis-à-vis European integration.

This pamphlet is the sequel, one year on, to Southern Discomfort Again, a study which sought to address the crippling weakness that Labour now faces in Southern England after its catastrophic 2010 election defeat.

The left’s internal heterogeneity, persistent self-doubt, and, above all, the absence of a clear line of reasoning about the power and purpose of European integration have so far impeded a stronger social democratic imprint on the European project.

Major new publication on how Europe's centre-left parties can return as forces of social and economic progress. How should we redefine social progress in the era to come, and what are the implications for our social models, societal vision and the direction of welfare reform? 

This paper outlines how Brazil has pursued its own path to development in recent years, highlighting the key challenges and dilemmas that the country now faces with regards to its economic, social and foreign policies.

This substantial new Policy Network publication combines instructive data analysis of new opinion polling from the UK, US, Sweden and Germany, with a series of essays and memos written by leading scholars from around the world.

Popular concerns over culture, migration and identity are of considerable importance to the future of European social democracy; their neglect marks a significant weakness and vulnerability.This substantial new Amsterdam Process publication confronts the choices and dilemmas facing centre-left parties.