The terrible failure of Europe's left.

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  • Source:
    New Statesman, 4/29/2002, Vol. 131 Issue 4585, p6, 2p, 1 Illustration
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    • Subject Terms:
      LIBERALISM; POLITICAL science; LABOUR Party (Great Britain); SOCIALISM; PRACTICAL politics
    • Subject Terms:
      Politics & Government
    • Abstract:
      Comments on the perceived failure of the political philosophy called the Third Way, which is a form of social democracy advocated by the new Labour party in Great Britain. Evidence that the political left is losing support in many European Union countries, including France; Idea that the new Labour party should learn from the experiences of its European counterparts; Opinion that the left can only prosper through democratic politics within mainstream parties.