Date: Sun, 29 Feb 2004 21:06:40 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [HAB:] Neoprogressivism: A New Agenda for Social Democracy


_The Progressive Manifesto_, edited by Anthony Giddens (Polity Press, 2003),
provides an outstanding practical complement to Habermas's theoretical
politics.  

In his long "Introduction," Giddens provides a brilliant, comprehensive
platform for going beyond Third Way politics, in terms of the main ideas of the
contributors to the anthology. This essay alone is worth the price of the book;
it's truly a manifesto worth taking to heart. 

His discourse is so exemplary, to my mind, of how we should be *realistically*
thinking about politics, in light of Habermasian considerations of theory.
Giddens provides the economic correlate that Habermas' cosmopolitan politics
lacks.

I've provided a downloadable edition of Giddens' essay. Read this. 

(In his discussion, uncited references to others are to the contributors of the
anthology.) 

The PDF document 400K+, sorry dial-up folks; but the 34-page chapter in the
book is only 21 pages here. 

"Neoprogressivism: A New Agenda for Social Democracy"

http://homepage.mac.com/gedavis/Giddens2003.pdf



Gary





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