Third Way

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Third Way
Basic Information
Aliases	Social Neoliberalism Neolib-Soclib synthesis Right-Wing Social Democracy RightSocDem Third Way Liberalism Woke Imperialism (pejoratively by DemSoc) Liberal Hawk Clintonism Paternalistic Neoconservatism Blairism Brownism Giddenism Obamaism Blatcherism (pejoratively) Göranism Stoltenberg Doctrine Starmerism Krautism Social-ism Keyneseanism-Freidmanism Saxophone politics (by File:JJ.png JJ McCullough) Social Liberalism 2.0 Chicagoan Social Liberalism Keynesean Neoliberalism Liberal Social Democracy
Alignments	Center to Center-Right Culturally Left Democratic Liberals Syncretic Welfarists Capitalists
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Economic Liberalism Neoconservatism Neoliberalism Progressivism Radical Centrism Social Democracy Social Liberalism Social Capitalism Syncretic Liberalism Blairism Interventionism Ethical Socialism Right-Social Democracy Neoliberalism Police Statism Social Capitalism Thatcherism Devolutionism Patriotism Globalism Brownism Right-Social Democracy Anti-Drug Atlanticism Constitutionalism Environmentalism Inclusivism Starmerism Right-Social Democracy Environmentalism Atlanticism Constitutional Monarchism Fiscal Conservatism Communitarianism Patriotism Anti-Socialism Machiavellianism Decentralization Krautism Anti-Authoritarianism Anti-Communism Anti-Conservatism Anti-Islam (Formerly) Anti-Nationalism Anti-Populism Anti-Radicalism Anti-SJW (Formerly) Anti-Socialism Atlanticism Green Liberalism Humanistic Capitalism Laicism Muscular Liberalism Nordic Capitalism Pro-Europeanism (In recent times) Radical Centrism Right-Social Democracy Social Liberalism
Influenced	Nordic Model (some)
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Anthony Giddens (1938-) UK (Founder) For more, see Third Way#People
Notable Examples	New Labour (1990s-2010), UK New Democrats (1990s-), USA
Character Information
Likes	NATO Military Interventions (Usually) Globalism EU Regulated Capitalism Market-based Welfare State Nordic countries (sometimes)
Dislikes	Right-Wing Populism Corbynites Communism unregulated capitalism Whistleblowers and Wikileaks
Song	There is a Third Way Bill Clinton playing sax Gaming in the Clinton Years intro Bill Clinton by Mr.Beat party_rock.mp4 Things can only get better Third Way GTA V The Third Way Battle

Third Way is an economically centre to centre-right, civically moderate and culturally centre-left to left-wing ideology inhabiting the centre square. It is the child of Neoliberalism and Social Democracy, borrowing elements from both. As with most centrist balls, it seeks to find a compromise between different political positions.

History

The modern understanding of Third Way politics was popularized in the 1990s by Anthony Giddens, who wrote a series of books detailing the qualities of the Third Way. He called for a re-evaluation of policies from both progressive and conservative parties. The ideology became popular in many western countries, including the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Mainland Europe. The most notable advocates for Third Way are former American president Bill Clinton and former UK prime minister Tony Blair, who both supported its ideas while in office during the 1990s and early 2000s

United Kingdom

In the 90s, the concept of the "Third Way" was first thought up by Anthony Gidden. Originally intended to be a rebranded version of Social Democracy, aswell as an alternative to traditional forms of Socialism and Capitalism. The Labour Party, after 4 consecutive election losses to the Tory Party, decided to adopt Gidden's idea of the "Third Way" under the leadership of Tony Blair and rebranded itself as "New Labour". Blair moved the party to the right, embracing most of Margaret Thatcher's polices. Blair went on to beat the Tories in a landslide in 1997, being the first Labour leader to be PM in 18 years. After his involvement in the Iraq War in 2003, Blair's premiership became increasingly unpopular with the public. He resigned in 2007 and was replaced with Gordan Brown, who was nearly identical to Blair in policy but differed interpersonally. Brown lost in a landslide against the Tories under David Cameron in 2010. His replacement, Ed Miliband was slightly to the left of him and Blair, but still compromised on issues like austerity. In 2015, Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party and his victory was seen as a rejection of the Blairite establishment and the party finally moving back to the left. However, now that Corbyn has been replaced with new leader Keir Starmer, the party has now mostly reverted back to the centre.

United States

In the mid 80s, the New Democrats faction of the Democratic Party first appeared, emerging after the landslide victories by president Ronald Reagan. Instead of continuing with the more left-leaning direction the party had taken since FDR, this new group embraced Reagan's economic reforms with more of an emphasis on progressive values, due to feeling that the party was becoming out of touch on economic issues. Bill Clinton became the first New Democrat to win the presidency in 1992, with the New Democrats becoming the dominant faction in the party since. Barack Obama, in a meeting with the New Democrat Coalition, said he was a New Democrat. Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2016 as a New Democrat, but lost. During the presidency of Donald Trump, many Moderates in the Republican Party swapped to the New Democrat Coalition. Joe Biden, one of the first New Democrats, won the American presidency in 2020.

France

One of the most notable proponents of Third Way politics in France is current president Emmanuel Macron and his party "La République En Marche!". The party was founded with a goal to "modernise and moralise" French politics, and would go on to win in a landslide against far-right candidate Marine Le Pen in the 2017 election. Politicians also associated with Third Way politics include former president François Hollande and former prime minister Manuel Valls.

Beliefs

Third Way believes in a theory of "social-ism" which tries to pursue the goals of equality and social justice in a framework of a Neoliberal society. By fusing traditional social democratic goals with an acceptance of globalism and free markets, Third Way creates a philosophy which is similar to Social Liberalism or Radical Centrism, but built on a more modern theoretical basis. In Beyond Left and Right, Giddens gives a 6 point ideological framework of the Third Way

• Repair damaged solidarities.
• Recognise the centrality of life politics.
• Accept that active trust implies generative politics.
• Embrace dialogic democracy.
• Rethink the welfare state.
• Confront violence.

Economics

It supports a "social capitalist" economy with free-markets and less economic intervention. It supports welfare but advocates reform to encourage people to work, dubbed "workfare". It has pursued other neoliberal policies such as deregulation and privatisation

Foreign Policy

Proponents of the Third Way have been known to take a generally interventionist foreign policy and have made several alliances with Neoconservatism. Most infamous example being when Tony Blair allied with George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003.

How to Draw

Pink Rose Design

Flag of Third Way (Pink rose design)

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw a rose in pink
3. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Pink	#FF00AF	255, 0, 175
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Official Logo Design

Flag of Third Way (Official Logo)

1. Draw a ball
2. Draw the a black compass with a ring
3. Add the eyes and you're done!

Color Name		HEX	RGB
	Black	#141414	20, 20, 20
	White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255

Relationships

Friends

• Neoliberalism - I owe it all to you, Dad! But please compromise with Soclib.
• Radical Centrism - Mixing up the center gang.
• Moderatism - One of my biggest fans.
• Social Liberalism - Cousin that shares a lot with me, but is not that willing to compromise with Chicago School of economics. He denies that he has anything to do with me but deep down he knows he and most of his leaders loves me.
• Democratism - Fellow member of Bill Clinton and Obama fan club.
• Neoconservatism - Invade Iraq? Now that's a great idea! Still,calm down a bit.
• Social Capitalism - I like the sound of this.
• Ordo-Liberalism - My German predecessor.
• Fiscal Conservatism - Austerity time!
• Rockefeller Republicanism - My more conservative brother. We must stay moderate!
• Liberalism - Grandpa who is too anti-war sometimes but good direction.
• Liberaltarianism - Best type of libertarian.
• Welfarism - Ok,just need some reform to get people working again.
• Nordic Model - Scandinavian pal.
• Police Statism - Hey buddy, want some more military gear?

Mixed

• Conservatism - Too culturally right sometimes but your economic view is ok.
• Liberal Conservatism - A member of the centrist moderate Gang and some of my supporter used to support you but please compromise with soclib instead of him
• Classical Liberalism - My great-grandpa! Even more anti-war, but at least economically based.Still,my regulation is necessary.
• Social Libertarianism - Economically based but what do you stand for? At least you're progressive.
• Social Democracy - What do you mean deregulation and cutting welfare "goes against what Social Democracy stands for"?
• Chicagoan Libertarianism - A free market need welfare and regulation,and can you focus on equality a little bit more?
• Keynesianism - I support regulatory capitalism and welfare, but can you please be more fiscally responcible and more privatized?
• Gaddafism - While he may be a totalitarian dictator, I like his idea of the "Third International Theory" and we had a brief alliance in the 2000s. But I still had to take him out when the time came.
• Progressivism - Feminism and gay rights sound pretty cool! Just please don't bring up Iraq or Clinton banning gay marriage

Enemies

• Socialism - No, not "Socialism", Social-ism!
• Ethnic Nationalism - I had fun bombing Milosevic in the 90's.
• Democratic Socialism - I'm not letting you reclaim the party.
• Marxism–Leninism - Bloody tankie!
• Left-Wing Populism - Bloody Corbynites!
• National Socialism - You're third position, not third way!
• Fascism - Same with you!
• Reactionary Liberalism - I dont care that we argee on economic,leave me alone you reactionary bigot.You tainted the Liberal name!
• Democratic Confederalism - Yes, I helped Turkey capture Öcalan, and yes, you are terrorists!
• Ba'athism - I will never apologise for Iraq!
• Welfare Chauvinism - Utterly insane extremist and my complete opposite! Way too culturally far-right and economically left, the worst of both worlds.
• Trumpism - Utterly deplorable! Iignore the fact that we were friends for years before running against each other.
• Right-Wing Populism - European supporters of the above.
• Paleoconservatism - you are like him but even more Racist,Regressive and authoritarian.I literally despise you!
• Libertarianism - Too anti-war, and the economy is too deregulated!
• Libertarian Conservatism - You basically combine the worst of both Libertarianism and Conservatism.
• Conservative Socialism - Conservative and Socialist, truly hell.
• National Conservatism - Damn Trumpian like "reactionaries"!
• Korwinism - If Trump was a Pole.
• Alt-Lite - Can you stop comparing Libya and Iraq to Ukraine, Watson?!
• Classical Conservatism - Bloody Enoch!

Further Information

For overlapping political theory, see
Neoliberalism, Progressivism, Social Democracy, Social Liberalism, State Liberalism and Radical Centrism.

Literature

• The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy by Anthony Giddens
• Beyond Left and Right: The Future of Radical Politics by Anthony Giddens
• A Journey: My Political Life by Tony Blair
• Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government by Bill Clinton
• The Purple Book: A Progressive Future For Labour by Various Blairite Labour MPs

Wikipedia

• Third Way
• File:New Labour.png Blairism
• Brownism
• Clintonism

Parties and Organizations

• New Labour
• Progress
• Third Way (Organization)
• New Democrats
• New Democrat Coalition
• Labor Right (Australia)
• Brazilian Social Democracy Party
• La République En Marche!
• Renziani
• National Liberation Party
• Social Party of National Unity
• Union,Progress and Democracy
• Third Way
• APRA
  • Aprismo
• Purple Party

People

Commonwealth

• Anthony Giddens (1938-) UK (Founder)
• Bob Hawke (1929-2019) Australia
• Tony Blair (1953-) UK
• Gordon Brown (1951-) UK
• Hilary Benn (1953-) UK
• Christopher Hitchens (1949-) UK/ USA
• Helen Clark (1950-) New Zealand
• Kevin Rudd (1957-) Australia
• Michael Ignatieff (1947-) Canada
• Julia Gillard (1961-) Australia
• Keir Starmer (1962-) UK
• Justin Trudeau (1971-) Canada
• Jacinda Ardern (1980-) New Zealand
• JK Rowling (1965-) UK

The United States

• Bill Clinton (1946-) USA
• Hillary Clinton (1947-2022) USA
• Madeleine Albright (1937-) Czechia/ USA
• Sidney Blumenthal (1948-) USA
• Al Gore (1948-) USA
• Francis Fukuyama (1952-) USA
• Wesley Clark (1944-) USA
• Barack Obama (1961-) USA
• Michelle Obama (1964-) USA
• Nancy Pelosi (1940-) USA
• John Kerry (1943-) USA
• Susan Rice (1964-) USA
• Samantha Power (1970-) Ireland/ USA
• Stephen Colbert (1964-) USA
• Rachel Maddow (1973-) USA
• Joe Biden (1942-) USA
• Kamala Harris (1964-) USA
• Jen Psaki (1978-) USA

Europe

• Francois Mitterand (1916-1996) France
• Ingvar Carlsson (1934-) Sweden
• Wim Kok (1938-2018) Netherlands
• Javier Solana (1942-) Spain
• Gerhard Schröder (1944-) Germany
• Poul Nyrup Rasmussen (1943-) Denmark
• Göran Persson (1949-) Sweden
• Anna Lindh (1957-2003) Sweden
• Ion Iliescu (1930-) Romania
• José Sócrates (1957-) Portugal
• Aleksander Kwaśniewski (1954-) Poland
• Romano Prodi (1939-) Italy
• Ferenc Gyurcsány (1961-) Hungary
• Jens Stoltenberg (1959-) Norway
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (1966-) Denmark
• Francois Hollande (1954-) France
• Manuel Valls (1962-) France
• Edi Rama (1964-) Albania
• David Sassoli (1956-2022) Italy
• Stefan Löfven (1957-) Sweden
• Ann Linde (1961-) Sweden
• Peter Hultqvist (1958-) Sweden
• António Costa (1961-) Portugal
• Matteo Renzi (1975-) Italy
• Emmanuel Macron (1977-), France
• Annie Lööf (1983-) Sweden
• Olaf Scholz (1958-) Germany
• Jonas Gahr Støre (1960-) Norway
• Annalena Baerbock (1980-) Germany
• Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (1982-) Belarus
• Joseph "Kraut" Lancaster (?-) Germany/ UK

Asia

• Shimon Peres (1923-2016) Israel
• Yitzhak Rabin (1922-1995) Israel
• Roh Moo-hyun (1946-2009) South Korea
• Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007) Pakistan
• Kim Dae-jung (1924-2009) South Korea
• Thaksin Shinawatra (1949-) Thailand
• Yingluck Shinawatra (1967-) Thailand
• Isaac Herzog (1960-) Israel
• Salam Fayyad (1951-) Palestine
• Moon Jae-in (1953-) South Korea
• Tsai Ing-wen (1956-) Taiwan
• Joko Widodo (1961-) Indonesia
• Yair Lapid (1963-) Israel
• Lee Jae-myung (1964-) South Korea
• Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit (1978-) Thailand

Latin America

• Alan García (1949-2019) Peru
• Ricardo Lagos (1938-) Chile
• Lenín Moreno (1953-) Ecuador
• Juan Guaidó (1983-) Venezuela

YT Channels

• Kraut and Tea
• Liberal Sanity Project
• Arken the Amerikan

Videos

• I Watched 287 of the WORST Game Reviews Ever by Caddicarus
• The Rise and Fall of New Labour by BritMonkey
• The Century of the Self - Part 4: "Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering" by Adam Curtis

Online Communities

• thirdway.org

Images

And Justice for all by Michael D’Antuono

Gallery

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