The Blair Effect 2001}}}5 [Hardcover]

From Iraq to the economy, leading academics and journalists assess Tony Blair's second term.Tony Blair's second term promised great things at home and abroad. So what was achieved between 2001 and 2005? How far was Blair responsible, and what was Gordon Brown's influence? What was the impact of Iraq? Leading academics and journalists provide an authoritative review of New Labour in government.Tony Blair's second term promised great things at home and abroad. So what was achieved between 2001 and 2005? How far was Blair responsible, and what was Gordon Brown's influence? What was the impact of Iraq? Leading academics and journalists provide an authoritative review of New Labour in government.Tony Blair's strong start to his third term, with his role in capturing the Olympic Games for Britain, his statesman-like handling of the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on London, his promise of a new start to the European Union and his leadership of the G8 summit at Gleneagles, has brought his relatively lacklustre second term into sharp relief. The second term should have been the time when New Labour fulfilled its manifesto promises. So what changed between 2001 and 2005 and what was achieved? How far was Blair himself responsible, and what was Gordon Brown's influence? What was the impact of the Iraq war? And what of Blair's policy towards Europe? Anthony Seldon and Dennis Kavanagh gather together leading academics and journalists to provide an authoritative assessment of Blair's second term, including a review of New Labour in government from 1997 to the present.Part I. Politics and Government: 1. The Blair premiership Dennis Kavanagh; 2. Parliament Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart; 3. Elections and public opinion Pippa Norris; 4. Local government Tony Travers; 5. Media management Raymond Kuhn; 6. The Labour Party Lewis Baston; 7. The Conservative Party under Blair, 20012005 Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon; Part II. Economic and Social Policy: 8. The Treasury and economiclƒf