Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review"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 assessment of New Labour, combining analysis of politics, policies and institutions—a rare and valuable mix."—Mark Thatcher, Professor of Comparative and International Politics, London School of Economics
"A wonderfully well-informed and balanced assessment of the Blair and now Brown years, this book should be required reading for anyone interested in contemporary British and, indeed, European politics. One can only hope that its warnings are heeded."—Colin Hay, Professor of Political Analysis, University of Sheffield, UK
"This work by French political scientists provides a useful outside perspective on the British Labour Party's 13-year rule from 1997 to 2010."—George Breckenridge,
Political Science Quarterly"A masterful and pitiless account of the dark side of New Labour. Highly recommended."—Mark Bevir, author of
New Labour: A Critique
