Blair's Britain 1997-2007

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007 9780521709460. First softback reprint in year of publication. Fine despite the fact that this was apparently a school library book:- it looks to me as if it was never taken out! No inscriptions or annotations. Like new apart from the library stamps. 690 pages including index. Tony Blair has dominated British political life for more than a decade. Like Margaret Thatcher before him, he has changed the terms of political debate and provoked as much condemnation as admiration. At the end of his era in power, this book presents a wide-ranging overview of the achievements and failures of the Blair governments. Bringing together Britain's most eminent academics and commentators on British politics and society, it examines the effect of the Prime Minister and his administration on the machinery of government, economic and social policy and foreign relations. Combining serious scholarship with clarity and accessibility, this book represents the authoritative verdict on the impact of the Blair years on British politics and society. .