Title British foreign policy : the New Labour years / edited by Oliver Daddow and Jamie Gaskarth

Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (299 pages) Contents Foreword; S. Wall -- Introduction: Blair, Brown and New Labour's Foreign Policy, 1997-2010; J. Gaskarth & O. Daddow -- PART I: IDENTITY -- The New Labour Governments and Britain's Role in the World; D. McCourt -- New Labour, Devolution and British Identity: The Foreign Policy Consequences; P. Schnapper -- New Labour, Leadership, and Foreign Policy-making after 1997; S. Dyson -- Identity and New Labour's Strategic Foreign Policy Thinking; J. Gaskarth -- PART 2: ETHICS -- From 'Ethical Foreign Policy' to National Security Strategy: Exporting Domestic Incoherence; T. McCormack -- A Difficult Relationship: Britain's 'Doctrine of International Community and America's 'War on Terror'; J. Ralph -- New Labour and Nuclear Weapons; D. Allen -- PART 3: POWER -- Still 'leading from the edge'? New Labour and the European Union; P. Holden -- Britain's Relations with China Under New Labour: Engagement and Repulsion?; K. Brown -- From Asset to Liability: Blair, Brown and the 'Special Relationship; M. Phythian -- New Labour, Defence and the 'War on Terror'; M. Taylor -- Conclusion; O. Daddow Foreword / Stephen Wall -- Introduction : Blair, Brown and New Labour's foreign policy, 1997-2010 / Jamie Gaskarth and Oliver Daddow -- The New Labour governments and Britain's role in the world / David McCourt -- New Labour, devolution and British identity : the foreign policy consequences / Pauline Schnapper -- New Labour, leadership, and foreign policy-making after 1997 / Stephen Dyson -- Identity and New Labour's strategic foreign policy thinking / Jamie Gaskarth -- From "ethical foreign policy" to national security strategy : exporting domestic incoherence / Tara McCormack -- A difficult relationship : Britain's "doctrine of international community" and America's "war on terror" / Jason Ralph -- New Labour and nuclear weapons / David Allen -- Still "leading from the edge"? : New Labour and the European Union / Patrick Holden -- Britain's relations with China under New Labour : engagement and repulsion? / Kerry Brown -- From asset to liability : Blair, Brown and the "special relationship" / Mark Phythian -- New Labour, defence and the "war on terror" / Max Taylor -- Conclusion / Oliver Daddow Summary New Labour came to power in 1997 promising to modernize Britain and its role in the world. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown made ambitious pledges and launched bold policy initiatives. After thirteen years during which Britain became mired in divisive and costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, New Labour's early promises€came to resemble€little more than the cynical political 'spin' which the government was so often accused of producing. Criticised as a poodle to the US and a deeply divisive presence in the European Union, where did it go so badly wrong for New Labour's conduct of foreign policy? This book provides a fresh and challenging perspective on British foreign policy during the New Labour years, 1997-2010. The collection is themed around the development of a brand new model of British foreign policy in three interlocking circles: Identity, Ethics and Power. The contributors are as one in arguing that the conceptual basis of British foreign policy action needs a more radical overhaul than New Labour either promised or provided. € Bibliography Includes bibliographical reference (pages 236-262) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Labour Party (Great Britain) SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast Subject International relations -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- 21st century. Political parties -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- 21st century. Central government policies -- United Kingdom, Great Britain -- 21st century. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Politics and Government. Diplomatic relations Politics and government SUBJECT Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- 1997- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006737 Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1997- Subject Great Britain Form Electronic book Author Daddow, Oliver J., 1974- Gaskarth, Jamie, 1976- ISBN 9780230307315 0230307310 1283210002 9781283210003 9786613210005 6613210005

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