Third Way

Third Way is an economically center-right, and culturally progressive ideology inhabiting the center 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 some of 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
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United States
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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. On Welfare, it 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.

Pink Rose Design
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 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Draw a rose in pink
 * 3) Add the eyes and you're done!

Official Logo Design
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 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Draw the a black compass with a ring
 * 3) Add the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Neoliberal-icon.png]] Neoliberalism - I owe it all to you, Dad!
 * [[File: Radcent.png]] Radical Centrism - Mixing up the center gang.
 * [[File: Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - Cousin that shares a lot with me.
 * [[File: Demcr.png]] Democratism - Fellow member of Bill Clinton and Obama fan club.
 * [[File: Necon.png]] Neoconservatism - Invade Iraq? Now that's a great idea!
 * [[File: Statlib.png]] State Liberalism - Me but with less democracy and more cultural liberalism.
 * [[File: Soccap.png]] Social Capitalism - I like the sound of this.
 * [[File: Orlib.png]] Ordo-Liberalism - My German predecessor.
 * [[File: Fiscon.png]] Fiscal Conservatism - Austerity time!
 * [[File: PolState.png]] Police Statism - We need to maintain tough on crime, to archive true social justice.

Mixed

 * [[File: Conserv.png]] Conservatism [[File:Con-t.png]] - Too culturally right sometimes but good economic views.
 * [[File: Lib.png]] Liberalism - Grandpa who is too anti-war and too culturally and economically left sometimes but good direction.
 * [[File:Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - My great-grandpa! Even more anti-war, but at least economically based.
 * [[File: Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - Too antiwar but I love your economic policies for the most part.
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - What do you mean deregulation and cutting welfare "goes against what Social Democracy stands for"?
 * [[File: Gaddafi.png]] 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.
 * [[File: Welf.png]] Welfarism - Ok, but desperately needs reform in order to get people working again.

Enemies

 * [[File: Soc.png]] Socialism - No, not "Socialism" Social-ism!
 * [[File: Tito.png]] Titoism & [[File:Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism - I had fun bombing Yugoslavia in the 90's.
 * [[File: Demsocstar.png]] Democratic Socialism - I'm not letting you reclaim the party.
 * [[File: ML.png]] Marxism–Leninism - Bloody tankie!
 * [[File: Leftpop-0.png]] Left-Wing Populism - Bloody Corbynites!
 * [[File: Nazi.png]] National Socialism - You're third position, not third way!
 * [[File: Fash.png]] Fascism - Same with you!
 * [[File: Demcon.png]] Democratic Confederalism - Yes I helped Turkey capture Öcalan and yes you are terrorists!
 * [[File: Baath.png]] Ba'athism - I will never apologise for Iraq!
 * [[File: WelfChauvin.png]] Welfare Chauvinism - Utterly insane extremist and my complete opposite! Way too culturally far-right and economically left, the worst of both worlds.
 * [[File:Trumpism.png]] Trumpism - Utterly deplorable! Please ignore the fact that we were friends for years before running against eachother

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

Wikipedia

 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way
 * [[File:New_Labourism.png]] New Labour
 * [[File:Third Way - alt.png]] Third Way (United States)
 * [[File:Clintonism.png]] New Democrats
 * [[File:Clintonism.png]] New Democrat Coalition
 * [[File:New_Labourism.png]] Progress
 * [[File:Giddenism.png]] Anthony Giddens
 * [[File:New Labourism.png]] Tony Blair
 * Blairism
 * [[File:Blatcher.png]] Blatcherism
 * [[File:Clinton.png]] Bill Clinton
 * [[File:Hillary.png]] Hillary Clinton
 * [[File:Clintonism.png]] Clintonism
 * [[File:Brownism.png]] Gordon Brown
 * Brownism
 * [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Gerhard Schröder
 * [[File:Blatcher.png]] Peter Mandelson
 * [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Matteo Renzi
 * Renziani
 * [[File:Obamium.png]] Barack Obama
 * [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Labor Right (Australia)
 * Bob Hawke
 * Kevin Rudd
 * [[File:Cball-Netherlands.png]] Wim Kok
 * [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazilian Social Democracy Party
 * [[File:Macron.png]] Emmanuel Macron
 * La République En Marche!

Videos

 * 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