The ‘third way’ and the politics of law and order: Explaining differences in law and order policies between Blair's New Labour and Schröder's SPD

2017 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 553-577 ◽  
Author(s):  
GEORG WENZELBURGER ◽  
HELGE STAFF
Keyword(s):  
New Labour ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third

Theorizing the third way: New Labour and social justice

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Buckler ◽  
David P. Dolowitz
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Third Way ◽  
The Third

scholarly journals The Economics of the “Third Way”

2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 673-689
Author(s):  
PHILIP ARESTIS ◽  
MALCOLM SAWYER
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
The Third ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Policy Statements ◽  
The Uk

ABSTRACT This paper seeks to outline the type of economic analysis which we perceive to be involved in the ideas on the ‘third way’. In the UK, the emergence and then election of “new Labour” has been closely associated with the development of the notion of the “third way”. We sketch out what we see as the analysis of a market economy which underpins the ideas of the “third way”, which is followed by some remarks on the role of the State which is also involved. We seek to illustrate our analysis by reference to the policy statements of the new Labour government in the UK.

Law and Order Policies and Third Way Social Democrats

2020 ◽  
pp. 103-130
Author(s):  
Georg Wenzelburger
Keyword(s):  
New Labour ◽  
Comparative Case Study ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Third Way ◽  
Social Democrats ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
German Constitutional Court ◽  
British Case

Chapter 4 provides a comparative case study on the law and order policies adopted by two social democratic governments, the British Blair administration and the German Red-Green government led by Chancellor Schröder. It reveals that while both governments started from a somewhat similar programmatic stance, only the British case saw a significant turn toward tougher policies. The divergence between the cases is explained by two main facts. First, the German SPD seemed to use a tough policy stance mainly for strategic reasons, whereas the leaders of New Labour were deeply convinced of the policy. Therefore, the German policy stance was much less coherent. Second, the power of the German constitutional court strengthened the position of the Ministry of Justice vis -à-vis the Ministry of the Interior—a fact that hindered a tougher path.

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