What is Post-Industrialism and which ideology is best for organising a Post-industrial society?

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What is Post-Industrialism and which ideology is best for organising a

Post-industrial society?

Post-industrialism is defined as mass action by industrial workers, which are no longer feasible.

The system bases the entire economy on the mass industrial working classes which is folly and eventually will led to a world of extinction e.g. USSR, Africa and the Middle East, South America, U.K. under ‘Old’ Labour.

It is a system whereby, capitalism is no longer based on skilled workers, but knowledge workers employed in small units therefore individualism, information skills and flexibility must be encouraged- education, education and education to produce a ‘smart’ workforce. This is a form of an ideology called ‘the third way’ under the 1st core idea that socialism is dead’.

Post-industrialisation promotes the advanced economies i.e. North America, Western Europe, ‘Asian Tigers’.

They no longer rely on factory production as the main generator of wealth. They now rely on know ledged based industries which include I.T, media, financial services, consultancy, banking and investment.

The best ideology for organising a post-industrial society is the ‘third way’, which is the ‘modernised’ social democracy. The ‘third way’ is the central thrust of Neorevisionism. However the ideological significance of Neorevisionism and its relationship to traditional social democratic views in particular and to socialism in general, are covered in debate and uncertainty. This is due to Neorevisionism taking various forms in a diverse number of countries.

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The ‘third way’ broadly encapsulates the idea of an alternative to both capitalism and socialism. The word was first used by a group of people called fascists, which could be used to describe traditional social democrats. Presently, however the third way represents the notion of an alternative traditional social democracy and neo-liberalism. Even though the ‘third way’ is inexact and is exposed to a number of interpretations, certain characteristic third-way themes can be acknowledged.

The first is the belief that socialism is dead, which means there is no alternative to what clause 4 of the U.K Labour Party’s constitution which ...

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