Contents

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, 2001-5 Anthony Seldon, Peter Snowdon

Part II. Economic and Social Policy

• 8. The Treasury and economic policy David Smith
• 9. Mr Blair's British business model - capital and labour in flexible markets Robert Taylor
• 10. Transport Stephen Glaister
• 11. Government and judiciary Louis Blom-Cooper
• 12. Education Alan Smithers
• 13. The health and welfare legacy Howard Glennerster
• 14. Equality and social justice Kitty Steward

Part III. Wider Relations

• 15. The national question Iain McLean
• 16. Europe Peter Riddell
• 17. Putting the world to rights: Tony Blair's foreign mission Christopher Hill
• 18. The second Blair government: an audit Anthony Seldon.

Commentaries

• The meaning of the Third Way Andrew Gamble
• Foreign policy Vernon Bognador
• The reinvention of Blair Robert Skidelsky