THE HEART BEATS ON THE LEFT by Oskar Lafontaine, Ronald Taylor (Trans) ( 9780745625829 )

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THE HEART BEATS ON THE LEFT

By:

Oskar Lafontaine, Ronald Taylor (Trans)

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POLITY PRESS

Pub. date:

18 August, 2000

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248

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1. This is one of the most controversial books published in Europe in the last decade. It was an enormous success in Germany and is being translated into many languages. 2. The inside story of why Oskar Lafontaine broke away from the third way politics of Schr?dera s government 3.

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This is the English--language edition of what has become one of the most controversial books in German politics today. Oskar Lafontaine was the leader of Germanya s Social Democratic party and finance minister in Gerhard Schr?dera s government until he suddenly resigned in March 1999. Lafontainea s left--wing commitments brought him into conflict with Schr?dera s endorsement of third way politics and with his attempt to remodel the SDP along the lines of Tony Blaira s New Labour. The Heart Beats on the Left is the inside story of why Lafontaine broke with the SDP and Schr?dera s government, and why he believed that the social and political costs of Schr?dera s third way politics were too high. It is a merciless settling of scores in which the policies of Schr?der and his government are subjected to scathing criticism. But it is also the most sustained criticism of third way politics from a prominent political figure who stands on the left. A bestseller in Germany and already translated into many languages, this book is bound to be widely reviewed in English and to become a focal point for political debate about social democracy and its future.

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