Reassessing New Labour: Market, State and Society under Blair and BrownISBN: 978-1-4443-5134-7
Paperback
220 pages
October 2011, Wiley-Blackwell
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An authoritative evaluation of the long-term legacy of New Labour.
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The first book-length retrospective assessment of New Labour in government which ranges across academic commentary and political debate
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Features brand-new essays from political figures associated with the Labour party, senior commentators and leading academics, all reflecting upon key policy areas and themes in relation to the New Labour administrations
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Includes a Foreword from Baron Neil Kinnock, former leader of the Labour Party; an edited conversation regarding the prospects for social democracy between Baroness Shirley Williams, leading Lib Dem politician, and Tony Wright (former Labour MP); and fresh evaluations of the Labour government’s record and failings from the Shadow Minister John Denham MP
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Raises highly topical and important questions about the purpose and future of the Labour Party, and is designed to stimulate debate about the political challenges facing the centre-left in Britain