Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: Redefining the political 1
4. Note on texts 16
5. Part 1: The New Left and after
6. 1. The new Conservatism and the old 1957 18
7. 2. A sense of classlessness 1958 28
8. 3. The supply of demand 1960 47
9. 4.The Cuban crisis: trial run or steps towards peace? 1963 70
10. 5. Political commitment 1966 85
11. 6. A world at one with itself 1970 107
12. 7. The first New Left: life and times 1990 117
13. Part 2: Thatcherism
14. 8. Racism and reaction 1978 142
15. 9. 1970: Birth of the law and order society 1978 158
16. 10. The great moving right show 1979 172
17. 11. The ‘Little Caesars’ of social democracy 1981 187
18. 12. The empire strikes back 1982 200
19. 13. The crisis of Labourism 1984 207
20. 14. The state: socialism’s old caretaker 1984 223
21. 15. Blue election, election blues 1987 238
22. 16. The meaning of new times 1989 248
23. 17. And not a shot fired: the end of Thatcherism? 1991 266
24. 18. Our mongrel selves 1992 275
25. Part 3: Neoliberalism
26. 19. The great moving nowhere show 1998 283
27. 20. New Labour’s double-shuffle 2003 301
28. 21. The neoliberal revolution 2011 317
29. Afterword: Stuart Hall as a political intellectual 336
30. Notes on historical figures 354
31. Index 361