Governing as New Labour: Policy and Politics Under Blair

Governing as New Labour: Policy and Politics Under Blair

by Martin J. Smith (Series Editor), Steve Ludlam (Editor)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 276
Edition: 2003
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 29 Sep 2003

ISBN 10: 140390474X
ISBN 13: 9781403904744
Book Overview: [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

Author Bio
STEVE LUDLAM is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.

MARTIN J. SMITH is Professor and Head of Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.