An up-to-date critical assessment of the 'New Labour' phenomena. It assesses the impact of Labour's 'modernizers' in three crucial areas: changes within the Labour party itself, the reformation of the British state, and the influence on particular areas of policy. The essays do not seek to provide unequivocal answers to the questions raised by the arrival of New Labour and their initial period in office, but provide a debate between the contributors over the nature and significance of these changes. The book is a wide-ranging and accessible account of the political phenomena which will lead Britain into the twenty-first century.

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PATRICK AINLEY Reader in Learning Policy, University of Greenwich HUGH ATKINSON Principal Lecturer and Head of Politics, South Bank University PETER DOREY Lecturer in Politics, Cardiff University MARK EVANS Lecturer in Politics, University of York COLIN HAY Lecturer in Department of Political Science and International Studies, University of Birmingham MARK HAYES Senior Lecturer in Politics, Southampton Institute of Higher Education RICHARD HEFFERNAN Research Associate, Department of Government, London School of Economics RUSSELL HOLDEN Senior Lecturer in European Studies, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff PETER JOHN Lecturer in Politics, University of Southampton PAUL NORRIS Senior Lecturer in Politics, Southampton Institute of Higher Education SARAH PERRIGO Lecturer, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford KEVIN THEAKSTON Reader in Government, University of Leeds MATTHEW WATSON Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Birmingham ALAN WILKINSON Anglican priest, Diocesan Theologian, Portsmouth Cathedral

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List of Tables List of Figures Preface Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Introduction; G.R.Taylor PART 1: PARTY Power in the Party ; G.R.Taylor New Labour and the Rejection of Stakeholder Capitalism; P.Norris New Labour and Christian Socialism; A.Wilkinson Media Management: Labour's Political Communications Strategy; R.Heffernan PART II: STATE The Constitution under New Labour; M.Evans New Labour and the End of the Welfare State?; P.Ainley Labour and the Civil Service; K.Theakston New Labour and the Decentralization of Power; P.John New Labour, New Local Government?; H.Atkinson PART III: POLICY Labour's Economic Policy: Studiously Courting Competence; C.Hay & M.Watson Women, Gender and New Labour; S.Perrigo New Labour's European Challenge; R.Holden The Blairite Betrayal: New Labour and the Trade Unions; P.Dorey New Labour and Northern Ireland; M.Hayes Conclusion; G.R.Taylor Bibliography