The Political Economy of New Labour: Labouring Under False Pretences?This work provides a systematic assessment and evaluation of the modernization of the British Labour Party in light of its landslide victory in 1997. It also represents an attempt to locate Labour's modernization in terms of the distincitive political economy of contemporary British capitalism and the impact of globalization, the evolution and transformation of the British State in the post-war period, the legacy of Thatcherism, and the specifics of electoral strategy and competition in contemporary Britain. |
Contents
the Policy Review | 42 |
On New Labours Ups and Anthony Downs | 76 |
the politics | 105 |
the economic politics | 145 |
Labouring Under False Pretences? Dedication | 181 |
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