Abstract
The rise of the New Right, with its neoliberal economic policies, became a powerful discourse in the years after 1975. There were many lean years after the 1947 Mont Pelèrin meeting, organized by Friedrich Hayek and attended by Milton Friedman , but eventually the New Right took shape, moulding moral conservatism, nationalism, and anti-government activism into an effective force. This set the stage for the era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher . In Britain the social democratic discourse responded with Tony Blair and the Third Way . Around the world the union movement entered a period of difficulty.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Jericho, Greg. 2015. Union Membership Figures Plunge. And the Future Looks Worse. The Guardian, October 27. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/28/union-membership-figures-plunge-and-thats-the-good-news?CMP=share_btn_link. Accessed 12 Nov 2015.
Macintyre, Stuart. 2009. A Concise History of Australia, 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Mirowski, Philip, and Dieter Plehwe (eds.). 2009. The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making of the Neoliberal Thought Collective. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Mont Pelerin Society Statement of Aims. 1947. http://hyperlinkedhistory.com/Nash/Nash-fn126.pdf. Accessed 18 July 2016.
Rubinstein, David. 2006. The Labour Party and British Society, 1885–2005. Brighton: Sussex Academic Press.
Special Report-The Nordic Countries: Northern Lights. 2013. The Economist, February 2. www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20130202_nordic_countries.pdf. Accessed 20 Dec 2016.
Stedman Jones, Daniel. 2012. Masters of the Universe: Hayek, Friedman, and the Birth of Neoliberal Politics. Princeton : Princeton University Press.
Trade Union Density. 1973–2012. OECD.StatExtracts. http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCodesUN_DEN. Accessed 10 Oct 2015.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 The Author(s)
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Hak, G. (2017). The Left in Retreat. In: Locating the Left in Difficult Times. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54343-7_10
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54343-7_10
Published:
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-54342-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-54343-7
eBook Packages: Political Science and International StudiesPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)