The Blair Legacy : Politics, Policy, Governance, and Foreign Affairs

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