Against the Third Way: An Anti-Capitalist Critique

by Alex Callinicos

Book Overview

The Third Way is the political philosophy of Tony Blair and New Labour in Britain, Bill Clinton in the United States, and Gerhard Schroder in Germany. Defended most forcefully by Anthony Giddens, it... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745626742
• ISBN13: 9780745626741
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

The "third-way" is proving to be the wrong way.

The third way is the response of previously liberal parties (Democratic in U.S. - Labour in Britain, and others) to the right-ward shift that began in the early 80's (Reagan,Thatcher, etc.). In hindsight, it has NOT benefited the the masses of people around the world who are finding themselves increasingingly disenfranchised by the wealthy elite corporatists. This book is a valuable counter-argument to the "third-way" which, in effect, has rendered democracies "choiceless" in regards to the corporate over-run of our world.

read rather than rant

This is a place for reviews, but since this book ratinghas been poisoned by a person who just wants to regurgitatethe same tired cliches from the liberal establishment I couldntresist.The hope for our future as a country, a people, indeed a race,depends on finding a way beyond the endless war, suffering, anddestruction of our planet that we see all around us.Its time for going beyond the fear our leaders use to keep theold game going, when they say "here be serpents" that probablymeans there's some useful things to learn there. I DARE you togo read it and think for yourself..