Reassessing New Labour : market, state and society under Blair and Brown / edited by Patrick Diamond, Michael Kenny.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Diamond, Patrick.

Kenny, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-2007.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

vii, 212 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chichester, UK : Wiley-Blackwell in association with The Political Quarterly, 2011.

Contents:

Preface / James Purnell

Introduction. Reviewing New Labour in government : progressive dilemmas? / Patrick Diamond and Mike Kenny

New Labour and inequality / Paul Gregg

Solidarity lost? Labour and the politics of the welfare state / Tim Horton

Reappraising New Labour's political economy / John Denham

An era of constitutional reform / Vernon Bogdanor

Rebuilding the bonds of trust and confidence? Labour's constitutional reform programme / John Curtice

New Labour and the distribution of power : constitutional reform, human rights and civil liberties / Francesca Klug

Localism under New Labour / Guy Lodge and Rick Muir

Labour's record on the economy / Kitty Ussher

Labour and the economy, 1997-2010 : more than a Faustian pact / Dan Corry

New Labour and the politics of ownership / Stuart White

The death of class-based politics / Peter Kellner

Back to class : lessons for the Labour Party / Alan Finlayson

Why did Labour's public sector reforms fail to transform communities? / Jessica Asato

Shirley Williams in conversation with Tony Wright

The New Labour government's place in history / Brian Brivati

Afterword. Future directions for Labour / Patrick Diamond and Mike Kenny.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued as a supplement to: The political quarterly.

ISBN:

9781444351347

1444351346

OCLC:

727710282