TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Shirley TI - Politics is for people SN - 9780674593916 AV - HD87 .W66 PY - 1981/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - Politique �economique KW - Politique sociale KW - public policy KW - aat KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Wirtschaftspolitik KW - gnd KW - Gro�britannien N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction --; 1. The Achievement --; 2. What Went Wrong --; 3. The Challengers --; 4. How The World Has Changed --; 5. The New Technologies --; 6. The Threat of Unemployment --; 7. A Policy for Full Employment --; 8. Less Concentration: Industry --; 9. More Participation: Trade Unions --; 10. Social Services: Involving People --; 11. Education: Good Schools and Bad Classes --; 12. Political Institutions --; 13. The Third World and Europe: Challenge and Response --; 14. Conclusion: Politics is for People --; Notes --; Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - If we are to enhance the quality of life, a bold new approach to politics is needed that takes into consideration the economic realities of the 1980s. Shirley Williams, a founder of the new British Social Democratic Party, former Labourite and government minister, outlines her blueprint for action in this forthright and intelligent book; If we are to enhance the quality of life, a bold new approach to politics is needed that takes into consideration the economic realities of the 1980s. Shirley Williams, a founder of the new British Social Democratic Party, former Labourite and government minister, outlines her blueprint for action in this forthright and intelligent book. Traditional institutions in both capitalist and communist systems are cracking under the stresses of advanced industrialism, Williams contends. The sturdy structures once responsible for economic abundance, emergent class interests, and political responses are now in disrepair. Even the impressive postwar economic and social achievements are jeopardized by scarce energy and the unmet educational needs of high technology. Policymakers and citizens in the West can no longer assume that full employment, or a wide range of social services, or good industrial relations are achievable unless there is a quantum leap in our political thinking. What Williams wants and is working toward is a government that is limited, accountable, and able to be superseded when it forfeits popular support. The welfare state, furthermore, needs to be reformed to allow for more participation. She calls for the devolution of power and decentralization in government, big business, and unions. In three sweeping proposals, she suggests a ten year plan to bring the welfare state into the future, a Marshall Plan to assist the Third World, and greater disarmament after a period of successful detente. Williams' words ring with harsh truths and tangible needs. She challenges us with her own declaration of intent: "The old politics is dying. The battle to decide what the new politics will be like is just beginning. It is possible, just possible, that it will be a politics for people." UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=iWW5AAAAIAAJ UR - http://books.google.com/books?id=dNOwAAAAIAAJ UR - http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/7694992.html UR - https://archive.org/details/politicsisforpeo0000will UR - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL3792750M UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674593916 UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674593916 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780674593916.jpg UR - http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780674593916.jpg UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674593916 ER -