No, liberal in the American sense, not neo-liberal. They have
reluctantly accepted the corporatist model of centralized incomes
policy, support for co-determination and strong unions and
collective bargaining. There are some neo-liberal elements in their
program but, because they depend on the left for control of
government, the left has been able to deflect or temper most of the
attempts at more neo-liberal reforms.
Paul Phillips
On 6 Nov 00, at 11:40, Jim Devine wrote:
> At 01:36 PM 11/6/00 -0600, you wrote:
> >Liberals (former Communist Youth, now a small-l liberal party,
>
> "small-l liberal" means "liberal" in the sense of how the word is used
> outside the US, i.e., laissez-faire?
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
>
