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    Third Way is an economically centre to centre-right, civically moderate to authoritarian 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 File:Progress.png 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 File:Progress.png 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

    Mixed

    •   Conservatism   - Too culturally right sometimes but good economic views.
    •   Classical Liberalism - My great-grandpa! Even more anti-war, but at least economically based.
    •   Libertarianism - Too antiwar but I love your economic policies for the most part.
    •   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"?
    •   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.
    •   Welfarism - Ok, but desperately needs reform in order to get people working again.
    • File:Prog.png Progressivism - Feminism and gay rights sound pretty cool! Just please don't bring up Iraq, my crime bill or my anti same-sex marriage bill again.

    Enemies

    Further Information

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

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    People

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      Credit: OzymndiasFR, Third Way is used as the Ideology of Justin Trudeau.

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      Credit:   K-Tech, Source

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    1. ↑ Speech by Tony Blair to the Labour Party Conference 1994
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