The Blair Legacy: Politics, Policy, Governance, and Foreign Affairs [Hardcover]

Exploring how Tony Blair and New Labour changed British politics, policy, governance and foreign affairs, this volume stands as?a key actor on the world?and domestic stage, delving into Blair's foreign policy legacy, with empahsis on the Iraq War and Anglo-American relations.List of Tables and Figures Preface and Acknowledgments Notes on Contributors Introduction: How to Assess the Blair Legacy? T.Casey Timeline of the Blair Years PART I: POLITICS Blair's Electoral Record;? D.Denver ?& J.Fisher The Party is Over: The 'Modernization' of British Labour; F.Faucher-King The Conservatives: Trounced, Transfixed, Transformed?; T.Bale The Liberal Democrats After Blair; D.Cutts ?& A.Russell The Pressure Group Challenge;? W.Grant New Labour, the Third Way and Social Democracy: An Ideological Assessment;? N.Randall ?& J.Sloam PART II: POLICY Blair and the NHS: Resistable Force Meets Moveable Object?;? C.Paton Reformulating Social Policy: The Minimum Wage, the New Deal, and the Working Families Tax Credit;? J.Waltman New Labour and the British Model of Capitalism;? T.Casey ?& A.Howard Judicial Reform and Human Rights; M.Bevir ?& R.Maiman PART III: GOVERNANCE Tony Blair as Prime Minister;? M.Bennister The Role of Parliament under Blair; M.Stuart Territorial Politics in the UK after Devolution; ?J.Bradbury Mayors, Monitors and Measurers: Blair's Legacy to Local Democracy; C.Game The Constitutional Revolution of Tony Blair; J.Alt PART IV: FOREIGN AFFAIRS What Difference Did He Make? Tony Blair and British Foreign Policy; S.Dyson The Mistake Heard Round the World: Iraq and the Blair Legacy;? D.Coates ?& J.Krieger A Just War: Prime Minister Tony Blair and the End of Saddam's Iraq; T.Bromund Reflections on the Contemporary US-UK Special Relationship: Structure and Agency in Anglo-American Relations; J.Dumbrell Blair and the European Union;? S.James ?& K.Oppermann CONCLUSION: The Legacy of Tony Blair; J.Tonge References

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