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The New Labour Experiment: Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown

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Description for The New Labour Experiment: Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown Paperback. The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour governments in Britain, when Tony Blair then Gordon Brown were Prime Ministers between 1997 and 2009. This assessment is based upon a review of implemented public policies and their outcomes instead of programmes or discourses. Translator(s): Elliott, Gregory. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPR; 3JMC; JPHL; JPL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 312.

The book provides a clear assessment of the New Labour public policies and their outcomes in Britain under the leadership of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown from 1997–2009. Authors Florence Faucher-King and Patrick Le Galès argue that New Labour, in contrast to its European counterparts, developed a right-wing economic policy program based upon light financial regulation and strict macroeconomic management. Blair and Brown developed a large controlling bureaucracy, making Britain's government one of the most centralized in the world.

While some progressive policies were implemented, Faucher-King and Le Galès point to an overarching program of authoritative controls, massive surveillance, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804762359
SKU
V9780804762359
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99-50

About Florence Faucher-King
Florence Faucher-King is a research director at the Centre for Political Research at Sciences Po, and Fellow of the Max Kade Center for European and German Studies, Vanderbilt University. Patrick Le Galès is a research professor at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at Sciences Po, and professor at King's College London.

Reviews for The New Labour Experiment: Change and Reform Under Blair and Brown
"Florence Faucher-King and Patrick Le Galès have written an engaging overview of the New Labour years, conveyed with significant subtlety, insight and style. Anyone interested in British, European or American politics will learn a great deal from this book, whether they view the New Labour experiment with admiration or disdain."—Erik Bleich, Middlebury College "This authoritative book offers a major overall ... Read more

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