The New Progressive Dilemma
Subtitle: Australia and Tony Blair's Legacy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: May 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780230006553
Subjects: International relations; POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Political structure & processes; Contemporary Politics - Britain; Political Parties; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Australia; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Government - International; Political Process - Political Parties; Political Science / Political Parties; Australia & New Zealand - General; Europe - Great Britain - General; 1953-; Australian Labor Party; Blair, Tony,; Labour Party (Great Britain)
Description: After three eventful terms in office as Prime Minister, what will be Tony Blair's long-term legacy to politics? Using a detailed international comparison of Labourite politics, The New Progressive Dilemma proposes a disturbing future after New Labour. Based on interviews with key players in three countries, here is an intriguing account of the 'ideas' that underpinned Blairism. It looks, in particular, to the influence of events as they unfolded in Australia from the early 1980s.