- Fully revised and expanded second edition of this well-respected and successful textbook
- Provides a critical analysis of New Labour ideology and policy-making
- Offers a comprehensive audit of eight years of Labour in power
- Includes new chapters on New Labour and British social democracy; public service reform; European and foreign policy
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"A highly effective introduction to the values underpinning Tony Blair's administration ... readable and wide-ranging ... commentators will differ, of course, in their interpretation of the key features of New Labour. This volume provides a good point of entry to these debates." The Times Literary Supplement "This book is a very helpful guide to New Labour, presenting the facts so that readers can make up their minds about it." Labour Research
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This book provides a systematic outline of New Labour’s ideas and policies. The authors show how the Party’s economic and social policies are more neo-liberal and conservative than ever before. To counter accusations that New Labour is Old Labour updated or Tharcherism mark II, they explain how Labour has gone beyond social democracy and is shaped by Thatcherism, yet different from it.
New Labour: Politics after Thatcherism shows how the New Labour Party has looked to the USA, Europe, Australasia and East Asia for inspiration. It outlines the path of modernization which led to the Blair revolution. Driver and Martell explain the role of big ideas such as communitarianism, globalization and stakeholding. And they provide a full introduction to and interpretation of New Labour’s policies on the economy, welfare and constitutional reform.
Students and general readers will find this an accessible introduction to New Labour ideology and policy. Experts will find a new interpretation, which breaks with other perspectives on Labour under Blair.
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The 1997 British general election was a landslide for the Labour Party. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
postwar social democracy, postwar social democrats, social authoritarianism, new labour, ethical socialists, windfall tax, greater economic equality, flexible labour markets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Labour Party, Tony Blair, Policy Review, New Right, John Smith, Gordon Brown, New Left, Centre Left, White Paper, House of Lords, Neil Kinnock, United Kingdom, Downing Street, House of Commons, Bill Clinton, Conservative Party, European Union, Middle England, New Liberals, Thatcherism Mark, Will Hutton, Jack Straw, Welsh Office, Anthony Giddens, Bank of England New!
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The 1997 British general election was a landslide for the Labour Party. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
postwar social democracy, postwar social democrats, social authoritarianism, new labour, ethical socialists, windfall tax, greater economic equality, flexible labour markets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Labour Party, Tony Blair, Policy Review, New Right, John Smith, Gordon Brown, New Left, Centre Left, White Paper, House of Lords, Neil Kinnock, United Kingdom, Downing Street, House of Commons, Bill Clinton, Conservative Party, European Union, Middle England, New Liberals, Thatcherism Mark, Will Hutton, Jack Straw, Welsh Office, Anthony Giddens, Bank of England New!
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- The Labour Party: A Centenary History by Brian Brivati on 44 pages
- Reinventing the Left by David Miliband on 8 pages
- Stakeholder Capitalism by Gavin Kelly on 4 pages
- Remaking the Labour Party: From Gaitskell to Blair by Tudor Jones in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- What Needs to Change Hb by Giles Radice in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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- Blair's Britain by Stephen Driver on 15 pages
- New Labour: A Critique by Mark Bevir on 11 pages
- Public Policy Under Blair by Stephen P. Savage on 6 pages
- Social Policy, the Media and Misrepresentation by Bob Franklin on 6 pages
- The New Labour Reader by Andrew Chadwick on 6 pages
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