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March of the moderates : Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and the rebirth of progressive politics / Richard Carr.
Van Pelt Library E183.8.G7 C37 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Richard, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-.
- Clinton, Bill.
- Blair, Tony, 1953-.
- Blair, Tony.
- Labour Party (Great Britain).
- Democratic Party (U.S.).
- Great Britain--Foreign relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- International relations.
- United States.
- United States--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1997-2007.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : I.B. Tauris, 2019.
- Contents:
- 1 Too Tied to Myth; Too Rooted in the Past p. 5
- The New Deal and New Jerusalem p. 8
- The limits of liberalism p. 13
- Defence and disorder p. 17
- British disease, bunker mentality p. 20
- The start of the moderates p. 28
- 2 'Unconvincing, Uninformed, and Tired': The Left in the 1980s p. 43
- Reagan and Thatcher p. 49
- Anti-semitism, anti-Americanism p. 55
- Against defending our own country p. 57
- Siege economy and ideological purity p. 61
- The movement or the voters p. 63
- 3 Harbingers of the Revolution p. 69
- An alliance for change? p. 71
- Transatlanticism p. 77
- The Democratic leadership council and the 'New Democrats' p. 83
- Labour policy review p. 90
- 1988 p. 93
- A whole new world p. 99
- 4 Office and Opposition p. 105
- Prime minister Kinnock? p. 106
- Clinton takes the nomination p. 111
- Beating Bush p. 122
- An Englishman in Little Rock p. 132
- Clinton transition and New Labour comes to town p. 135
- 5 New Democrats, New America p. 141
- Delivering a new economic agenda p. 142
- Internal debates p. 149
- Legislative successes p. 152
- Healthcare p. 155
- 1994 p. 160
- Back to the centre p. 163
- 6 Learning from the Best p. 177
- Over there p. 178
- New Labour, new leader p. 182
- Clause IV p. 186
- Bill and Tony 1: November 1995 p. 190
- Stakeholding p. 191
- Bill and Tony 2: April 1996 p. 195
- Polling, presentation and, finally, power p. 200
- 7 Blair and Brown's Britain p. 207
- National minimum wage p. 208
- Opportunity p. 213
- Invest more, demand more: health p. 217
- Invest more, demand more: education p. 221
- Financial crisis p. 229
- Community p. 235
- Responsibility p. 241
- 8 The Third Way International p. 245
- Blair in charge p. 246
- Northern Ireland p. 247
- Blair, Clinton and Lewinsky p. 252
- Brown's America p. 256
- The Transnational Third Way p. 258
- Gore 2000 p. 261
- Blair alone p. 265
- 9 Intervention and Iraq p. 269
- Haiti p. 270
- Anguish in Africa p. 271
- Going in p. 273
- The Iraqi Prelude p. 280
- 9/11 p. 284
- Afghanistan p. 289
- The shifting kaleidoscope p. 290
- Blaming Blair p. 293.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781788317344
- 1788317343
- OCLC:
- 1102184983
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