Synopses & Reviews
A major review of New Labour's foreign policy from leading experts. This book re-imagines policy thinking, away from Churchill's idea of Britain as at the intersection of 'three circles' (the English speaking world, Europe, and the Commonwealth) and towards a new conceptual model that takes into account identity, ethics and power.
Synopsis
In the wings of histories about the Progressive Era and literary modernism stands a cohort of individuals who promoted reform by popularizing poetry, working behind the scenes to create an institutional infrastructure to support authors who addressed the problems of contemporary life. In this engagingly written and thoroughly researched book, Lisa Szefel brings to center stage the story of these editors, anthologists, critics, and writers who believed that poetry reading facilitated selfknowledge and social justice. Situated between the genteel tradition and the avant garde, they linked creativity to moral obligation and, in doing so, refashioned American values and verse.
About the Author
OLIVER DADDOW is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at the University of Loughborough, UK. His research interests are in British foreign policy, discourse analysis and historical theory. Amongst several books and articles, he is the author of
New Labour and the European Union: Blair and Brown's Logic of History (2011) and
Britain and Europe since 1945 (2004).
JAMIE GASKARTH is Lecturer in International Relations and Leader of the Politics and International Relations Group at the University of Plymouth, UK. He writes on ethics, foreign policy and security. His articles include: 'Where would we be without rules? A Virtue Ethics approach to foreign policy analysis' Review of International Studies (2010); and 'The Virtues in International Society' European Journal of International Relations (forthcoming).
Table of Contents
Foreword;
S.WallIntroduction: 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