New Labour's Foreign Policy : A New Moral Crusade?

by Richard Little and Mark Wickham-Jones

• ISBN13: 9780719059612
• ISBN10: 0719059615
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-12-15
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

The essays collected in this book address the ethical character of the New Labour administration's measures, while assessing whether Labour has redirected the conduct of foreign policy away from the path established by the Conservatives. Together, they give the first detailed account of the foreign affairs stance adopted by New Labour in office.

Author Biography

Richard Little is Professor of International Politics and Mark Wickham-Jones is Senior Lecturer in Politics, both at the University of Bristol.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Note on web sources	xiii
List of abbreviations	xiv
Part I The context of New Labour's foreign policy
Labour's trajectory in foreign affairs: the moral crusade of a pivotal power?	3	(30)
Mark Wickham-Jones
Labour's search for a Third Way in foreign policy	33	(16)
Rhiannon Vickers
Part II Theoretical perspectives
Ethics and foreign policy: a speculative essay	49	(12)
Michael W. Doyle
The Blair doctrine: advancing the Third Way in the world	61	(16)
Tim Dunne
Nicholas J. Wheeler
New Labour as a `good international citizen': normative theory and UK foreign policy	77	(16)
Jim Buller
Vicky Harrison
Part III Political and historical perspectives
Labour party politics and foreign policy	93	(19)
Mark Wickham-Jones
New Labour and the Foreign Office	112	(19)
Kevin Theakston
Part IV Labour's foreign policy in practice
`Simply the right thing to do': Labour goes to war	131	(16)
Will Bartlett
The pariah agenda and New Labour's ethical arms sales policy	147	(21)
Neil Cooper
Exporting the Third Way in foreign policy: New Labour, the European Union and human rights policy	168	(18)
Angela Bourne
Michelle Cini
British foreign policy, human rights and Iran	186	(15)
Davina Miller
New Labour and the politics of Kashmir	201	(17)
Vernon Hewitt
Mark Wickham-Jones
Labour's defence policy: from unilateralism to strategic review	218	(16)
Darren Lilleker
Reforging the `special relationship': Blair, Clinton and foreign policy	234	(17)
Richard Hodder-Williams
Conclusions: the ethics and the strategy of Labour's Third Way in foreign policy	251	(13)
Richard Little
Appendix. A chronology of Labour's foreign policy, 1983--2000	264	(19)
Igor Cusack
Index	283