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Ben Clift
Researcher at University of Warwick
Publications - 63
Citations - 1096
Ben Clift is an academic researcher from University of Warwick. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Capitalism. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 56 publications receiving 961 citations. Previous affiliations of Ben Clift include Brunel University London.
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The Jospin Way
TL;DR: This paper examined the Jospin government's first three years against the backdrop of the debate between the British and French premiers over the future direction of the left in European social democracy.
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Social democracy and globalization : the cases of France and the UK
TL;DR: Garrett as discussed by the authors argues that social democracy remains a distinctive and viable "project" within the global economy, specifically in cases where strong left-of-centre parties are linked to "encompassing labour movements".
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Le Changement? French Socialism, the 2012 Presidential Election and the Politics of Economic Credibility amidst the Eurozone Crisis
TL;DR: This article analyzed Hollande's presidential election campaign and victory of 2012, placing them in the historical, organisational and ideological context of French Socialism and the French party system, and argued that an effective campaign, an unpopular adversary and a French Party System context unusually conducive to pooling the Left's electoral resources aided Hollande's cause.
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The political economy of the Jospin government
TL;DR: The authors explored the political economy of the French Socialist Party (PS) beginning with the neo-liberal U-turn of 1983, and charted the reevaluation of the PS's political economic foundations after the 1993 defeat, the rejection of the Neo-liberal 'pensee unique', and the rehabilitation of a broadly Keynesian frame of reference.
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Party finance reform as constitutional engineering? The effectiveness and unintended consequences of party finance reform in France and Britain
Ben Clift,Justin Fisher +1 more
TL;DR: In both Britain and France, party funding was traditionally characterized by a laissez faire approach and a conspicuous lack of regulation as mentioned in this paper, and this was tantamount to a ‘legislative vacuum.