The Blair agenda / edited by Mark Perryman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Perryman, Mark, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Blair, Tony, 1953-.

Blair, Tony.

Physical Description:

x, 256 pages : 1 illustration ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Lawrence & Wishart : in association with Signs of the Times, 1996.

Summary:

Is "New Labour" new enough? How does Tony Blair's brand of modernization measure up to the changing shape of late twentieth-century politics?

The Blair Agenda draws on a wide variety of critical theories, focusing on the key ideological themes that Tony Blair has highlighted since becoming the Labour Party's leader -- ethics and socialism, social justice and community, and nationhood and the "young country". The generational, constitutional, and cultural tensions that might offset the ambitions of a Blair government are addressed in a context of thoughtful realism, but also an optimism about the potential for real change.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0853158436

OCLC:

36040030