Arguments for Socialism

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Harmondsworth

'Tony Benn: Arguments for Socialism ' összes példány

Kiadó:	Penguin Books
Kiadás helye:	Harmondsworth
Kiadás éve:	1982
Kötés típusa:	Ragasztott papírkötés
Oldalszám:	205 oldal
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Nyelv:	Angol
Méret:	18 cm x 11 cm
ISBN:	0-14-00-5489-8

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Tony Benn, the most controversial figure
in British politics, outlines a strong
democratic-socialist approach to the most
crucial issues in our political life over the
next decade.
Benn's faith in the capacity of ordinary people to
govern themselves emerges here as the most
attractive feature of the politics of a man so often
caricatured by the popular press as the Labour
Party's major threat to democracy and freedom'
- David Coats in the Literary Review
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Of importance not only to the Labour
movement but also to the country as a whole'
-Giles Radice in theTribune
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'Lively and provocative'- Paul Johnson in the
Sunday Telegraph
Cover design by Mick Keates
incorporating photographs by Linda Westmore

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Contents
Editor's Note j x
Introduction 13
Introduction to the Penguin Edition 19
The Inheritance 21
1 The Inheritance of the Labour Movement 23
Christianity and Socialism 23
The Bridge between Christianity and Socialism 28
The Levellers and the English Democratic Tradition 29
Marxism and the Labour Party 33
Clause IV 39
The Labour Movement 44
Issues of the zgyos 45
2 Labour's Industrial Programme 47
The Case for Change 48
Opening the Books 54
Planning Agreements and the NEB 55
Public Ownership 57
Industrial Democracy r 64
The Upper Clyde Work-in 65
The Workers' Co-ops 66
The Lessons of the Workers' Co-ops 68
Democracy in the Public Sector 70
3 Energy 74
North Sea Oil 75
The Debate over Nuclear Energy
CONTENTS
Windscale g^
The Fast Breeder g.
A Future for Coal gg
Alternative Sources of Energy g0
Conclusion
4 The EEC 93
Loss of Political Self-determination 95
Loss of Control over the United Kingdom's
Industry and Trade 99
Unemployment and the EEC 101
After the Referendum 105
5 Democracy 108
Technology and Democracy 108
The Case for Open Government 112
How Secrecy Is Maintained at Present 123
Leaks and How They Occur 127
Conclusion 136
Issues for the ig8os 137
6 The Arguments 139
The Argument in Outline 140
The Present Crisis of Unemployment 141
Adam Smith and the Birth of Capitalism 142
Lessons from the Pre-war Slump 144
Three Remedies on Offer 144
1 Monetarism 144
2 Corporatism 145
3 Democratic Socialism 146
7 >bs 148
The Pension Funds 150
New Technology 151
Growth 152
The Trade Union Role in Planning 156
Workers' Co-ops 158
A New Relationship between Labour and Capital 160
8 The Common Market 163
Three Criticisms of the EEC 164
CONTENTS
Democracy
Open Government
The Unions
The Armed Forces
The Media
A New Role for Political Leaders
Sources
Notes
Index