New Labour

by Luke Martell (Author), StephenDriver (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $68.23

  In May 2005 the Labour Party led by Tony Blair won an unprecedented third term in power. After eight years in government its achievements were many. But there was controversy too, not least the decision to support the United States in the invasion of Iraq. The Blair government promised to be different both at home and abroad.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.28

  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.