{"product_id":"9781861344595","title":"Not So New Labour","description":"Prideaux (sociology and social policy, U. of Leeds) maintains that New Labour is not new at all, but in fact relies on the ideas and premises of functionalism, a school which dominated British and American sociological thought from the 1940s to the 1960s. He reviews the schemes of proponents Parsons, Etzioni, Murray, Giddens and Macmurray, and shows how New Labour has in essence appropriated their ideas and adapted them to what they claim is a renewed focus on families, the community and work in the paid labor market. One major problem that arises from this appropriation is that functionalism itself is causing increasing debate in both the US and the UK about the provision of public welfare. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR  ","brand":"Policy Press at the Univ of Bristol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038872879344,"sku":"9781861344595","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781861344595_p0.jpg?v=1769895982","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781861344595","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}