Author : Andrew Rawnsley
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 36,4 MB
Release : 2001-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0141939044
'Downing Street is said to be 'furious' at this book - and it is easy to understand why. It is the first meticulous chronicle of all that has happened since that bright May Day three years ago which first brought the Blair government to office' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times
Author : M. Beech
Publisher : Springer
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 19,77 MB
Release : 2015-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230584373
Evaluates the Blair government from 1997-2007 conducting high quality research into aspects of British politics with particular emphasis on parties, policies and ideologies. With contributions from key figures in the field further topics include New Labour's record on social policy, defence policy, constitutional reform and public expenditure.
Author : Florence Faucher-King
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 36,9 MB
Release : 2010-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0804762341
The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour governments in Britain, when Tony Blair then Gordon Brown were Prime Ministers between 1997 and 2009. This assessment is based upon a review of implemented public policies and their outcomes instead of programmes or discourses.
Author : Martin Pugh
Publisher : Random House
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 32,16 MB
Release : 2010-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1407051555
Written at a critical juncture in the history of the Labour Party, Speak for Britain! is a thought-provoking and highly original interpretation of the party's evolution, from its trade union origins to its status as a national governing party. It charts Labour's rise to power by re-examining the impact of the First World War, the general strike of 1926, Labour's breakthrough at the 1945 general election, the influence of post-war affluence and consumerism on the fortunes and character of the party, and its revival after the defeats of the Thatcher era. Controversially, Pugh argues that Labour never entirely succeeded in becoming 'the party of the working class'; many of its influential recruits - from Oswald Mosley to Hugh Gaitskell to Tony Blair - were from middle and upper-class Conservative backgrounds and rather than converting the working class to socialism, Labour adapted itself to local and regional political cultures.
Author : V. Bogdanor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 19,28 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0230297005
A stellar collection of contributors consider each British post-war Prime Minister and examine how they have dealt with Britain's changing role, domestic and overseas, since the end of WWII. Even at the start of the 21st century, Britain remains in a state of transition, between a world which is dead and one still struggling to be born.
Author : M. Russell
Publisher : Springer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2005-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230513166
'New' Labour was defined in part by wide-ranging reforms to the party's internal democracy. These included changes to how candidates and leaders are selected, changes to policy making processes, and a programme of 'quotas' that transformed women's representation in the party. In the first book to analyse all these reforms in depth Meg Russell asks what motivated them, to what extent they were driven by leaders or members, and what they can teach us both about party organisational change and the nature of power relations in the Labour Party today.
Author : Mark Bevir
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 17,3 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780415359252
An illuminative study of the most powerful political movement in Britain today, Bevir presents new critiques and radical alternatives to New Labour.
Author : Andrew Rawnsley
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 23,72 MB
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0141969709
Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling book lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office, with riveting inside accounts of all the key events from 9/11 and the Iraq War to the financial crisis and the parliamentary expenses scandal; and entertaining portraits of the main players as Rawnsley takes us through the triumphs and tribulations of New Labour as well as the astonishing feuds and reconciliations between Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Peter Mandelson. This paperback edition contains two revealing new chapters on the extraordinary events surrounding the 2010 General Election and its aftermath.
Author : David Hesmondhalgh
Publisher : Springer
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 20,91 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137426381
This book focuses on cultural policy in the UK between 1997 and 2010 under the Labour party (or 'New Labour', as it was temporarily rebranded). It is based on interviews with major figures and examines a range of policy areas including the arts, creative industries, copyright, film policy, heritage, urban regeneration and regional policy.
Author : Kevin Hickson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 39,45 MB
Release : 2004-07-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134381611
This book, written by a distinguished selection of academics and commentators, provides the most detailed comparison yet of old and new Labour in power.
