The Labour Party: Continuity and Change in the Making of 'New' Labour

ISBN-13: 9780333973936 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 247 str.

Steven Fielding

Opis

The Blair government is much less novel and distinctive than has been assumed by most commentators who have, Steven Fielding argues, taken too much of its rhetoric at face value. Setting recent developments in a broader historical context, this major new text on the British Labour Party provides a balanced account of its present state and how it got there. The Labour Party is forever changing - though generally within long-established parameters. 'New' Labour is but the latest example of this process.

Spis treści

Preface.- Introduction: What is 'New' Labour?.- Historicising 'New' Labour.- The Liberal Connection.- From Clause Four to Third Way: Labour's Ideological Journey.- Accommodating or Shaping? Labour's Electoral Dilemma.- Becoming Blair's Party? Labour Organization.- Managing the Economy.- Advancing Equality?.- The Death of 'New' Labour?.

O autorze

STEVEN FIELDING is Professor of Contemporary Politics, University of Salford.