New Labour in Government

by Ludlam, Steve; Smith, Martin J.

• ISBN13: 9780333761007
• ISBN10: 0333761006
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Table of Contents

List of Tables, Boxes and Figures	ix
Preface	xi
Notes on Contributors	xii
List of Abbreviations	xv
The Making of New Labour	1	(31)
Steve Ludlam
New Labour and the Electorate	32	(23)
Charles Pattie
New Labour's Third Way and European Social Democracy	55	(18)
Ben Clift
New Labour and the Party: Members and Organization	73	(19)
Patrick Seyd
Paul Whiteley
New Labour's Parliamentarians	92	(19)
Philip Cowley
Darren Darcy
Colin Mellors
New Labour and the Unions: the End of the Contentious Alliance?	111	(19)
Steve Ludlam
The Hand of History: New Labour, News Management and Governance	130	(15)
Bob Franklin
New Labour, the Constitution and Reforming the State	145	(22)
David Richards
Martin J. Smith
Labour's New Economics	167	(17)
Andrew Gamble
Gavin Kelly
New Labour and Education, Education, Education	184	(18)
Colin McCaig
New Labour and Welfare	202	(17)
Claire Annesley
New Labour's Foreign and Defence Policy: External Support Structures and Domestic Politics	219	(15)
Jim Buller
Interpreting New Labour: Constraints, Dilemmas and Political Agency	234	(22)
Michael Kenny
Martin J. Smith
Conclusion: the Complexity of New Labour	256	(12)
Martin J. Smith
Guide to Further Reading	268	(6)
References	274	(27)
Index	301