Governing as New Labour

Policy and Politics Under Blair

Martin J Smith editor Steve Ludlam editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:29th Sep '03

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[H]ighly readable and surprisingly comprehensive... it is a tightly edited and well-argued text that amounts to more than the sum of its parts. More importantly it updates much existing analysis of New Labour in power by considering the second term.' - Paul Riseborough, Journal of European Affairs '[A] valuable text...Unlike much work on New Labour, there are few rhetorical flourishes, for this is a serious and focused exercise... All the essays offer a sober analysis...There is much consistency in the findings across the different themes.' - Jonathan S. Davies, Political Studies Review

This follow-up volume to the same editors' highly-acclaimed New Labour in Government provides a systematic assessment of Blair's first term and the continuities and changes into his second.This follow-up volume to the same editors' highly-acclaimed New Labour in Government provides a systematic assessment of Blair's first term and the continuities and changes into his second. Bringing together specially-commissioned chapters by leading authorities in a tightly-edited format, it places particular emphasis on the evolution of New Labour's political performance, policy and statecraft set in its historical, ideological and organizational context.

ISBN: 9781403904744

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 355g

261 pages