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Keir Starmer and the Politics of Caution
Governing the United Kingdom in the 2020s
Keir Starmer and the Politics of Caution
Governing the United Kingdom in the 2020s
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How has British politics changed since the arrival of Labour in power after fourteen years in the political wilderness? The Government, elected in 2024, is headed by a leader who many find hard to understand and voters are often unable to discern the government's political philosophy or the kind of country it wants to create. In this new book, some of the UK's leading political scientists and historians explore the meaning of this enigmatic government.
Keir Starmer and the Politics of Caution examines the complex links between Starmer and both New Labour and Blue Labour. It ranges across subjects from domestic policy and foreign affairs, to political thought and the structure of the modern Labour Party. The book explores issues of public service management, but also the strategies of government available in a post-Brexit economy, as well as the politics of immigration at a time when Reform UK is gaining popularity.
Ultimately, Keir Starmer and the Politics of Caution argues that there is a shape to the government's approach: its aim is to build a state that can respond to the demands of a complex and ageing population, in a challenging global environment. It does so, however, in the context of tough financial constraints, some of which are self-imposed and which hobble attempts to bring about far-reaching reform.
Table of Contents
The Labour Cabinet, July 2024-June 2026
Preface
1. Rohan McWilliam, Keir Starmer: Governing in Hard Times
Part One
The Search for Starmerism
Preface
2. Jovan Owusu-Nepaul, The Ideology of Starmerism
3. Kevin Hickson, Starmer in Historical Perspective
4. Jasper Miles and Danny Rye, Blue on Red: Starmer and Labour's conservative currents in context
Part Two
Domestic Policy
Preface
5. Eric Shaw, Labour's Programmatic Trajectory under Starmer: Reaching an impasse?
6. Adrian Williamson, The Chimera of Economic Growth
7. Patrick Diamond, Public services under the Starmer Government: The reversal or revival of New Public Management?
8. Jonathan Portes, Labour and immigration Under Starmer
9. Maroula Joannou, Justice Delayed and Justice Denied: The Starmer Government's Record on Tackling Violence Against Women'
Part Three
Foreign Affairs
Preface
10. Richard Johnson, Labour's Political Economy outside the EU
11. Martin Farr, Donald Trump and Keir Starmer: The provisional relationship
12. Jonathan Davis,Russia: Labour's perennial problem
13. James C. Pearce, A Hollow Gesture Foreign Policy: Why Starmer's Ukraine and Russia policies did not add up
Part Four
Labour Party Matters
Preface
14. Tim Bale, Paul Webb and Stavroula Chrona, Labour Members: Who they are, what they think, and what they do
15. Antony Taylor, The Co-operative Party and Starmer's Labour
16. Neil Pye, Local Government, Devolution and Metro Mayors
17. Malcolm Petrie, The Starmer Government and the Scottish Question
Index
Product details
| Published | 08 Jul 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781350652750 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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