Prolonged Labour

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. The Promise

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Legacy

      • David Coates

      Pages 3-23

   3. The Instrument

      • David Coates

      Pages 24-41

   4. The Moment of Power

      • David Coates

      Pages 42-50

3. The Performance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51

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   2. The Pursuit of Economic Dynamism

      • David Coates

      Pages 53-79

   3. Seeking the Balance between Fairness and Efficiency

      • David Coates

      Pages 80-108

   4. Campaigning in Poetry, Governing in Prose

      • David Coates

      Pages 109-139

   5. The Politics of Social Inclusion

      • David Coates

      Pages 140-157

4. Setting Promise against Performance

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Looking Back: The Auditing of New Labour

      • David Coates

      Pages 161-184

   3. Looking Forward: Unfinished Agendas and New Models

      • David Coates

      Pages 185-213

5. Back Matter

   Pages 215-255

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Prolonged Labour is a comprehensive, scholarly and balanced account of New Labour's domestic policies in its first two terms in office. It mobilizes ministerial speeches, elite interviews and policy documents, plus the best available, contemporary scholarship and political journalism, to build an accurate and full account of New Labour in power. It then subjects that record to systematic and sympathetic evaluation. Prolonged Labour is an invaluable guide to Government performance since 1997, and as such an essential tool for students and voters alike.

• campaign
• Campaigning
• efficiency
• evaluation
• government
• inclusion
• interview
• journalism
• Policy
• political journalism
• politics
• voter
• British Politics

'An excellent account of the politics and performance of the Blair administration. Rich in detail and cogently argued, the book is a major contribution to debates about the character of British social democracy. Prolonged Labour will be required reading for both students and scholars of the Labour party.' - Mark Wickham-Jones, Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Bristol, UK

• Wake Forest University, USA

  David Coates

DAVID COATES is Worrel Professor of Anglo-American studies at Wake Forest University, USA. He was previously Professor and Director of the International Centre for Labour Studies at the University of Manchester. His books include Blair's War, Paving the Third Way: The Critique of Parliamentary Socialism and New Labour Into Power.

Policies and ethics