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Anthony Seldon
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Pages: 661 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0316856363
Pub: Little, Brown
Pub date: 2001-04-19
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 220466
Editorial Review:
In The Blair Effect, Arthur Seldon has brought together a group of academics and journalists to produce the best book on the Blair government we are likely to get this side of the general election. In an unprecedented period of news management and spin doctoring, they knock the shine off the ball and tell it how it how it really has been.
There is no disinformation to deal with here, but instead deft and analytical dealing with all the reverse swing--the 28 experts in their own fields cut through the political cackle and objectively lay down the effects of Blair's first four years.
They are by no means hostile. The contributors coolly and conscientiously analyse what Blair and his ministerial colleagues have achieved. No Labour government in history, as Seldon points out, has come to power with so many initial advantages.
Seldon is especially instructive in his overview, synthesising the arguments in two revealing tables on the net effects and the quality of the government work, but it is invidious to particularise on a book which is so full of astute observations and reflections. All of his contributors have important points to make across the whole spectrum of politics and the workings of Whitehall. Anyone seriously interested in politics, whatever their persuasion, should put it at the top of their reading list.-- Michael Hatfield
Reader Reviews:
Non Party-Political Look at the Blair Government (0/0 people found this helpful)
A well researched series of essays looking at the workings of the Blair government 1997-2001.
Whist it was at times hard work sifting through the sheer volume of information provided, this is a fascinating look at the inner workings of Whitehall and the Labour party. If you are looking for a work that either praises or damms New Labour then this is not for you, rather it is a carefully balanced look at the successes and failures of the administration.
Though it focuses on the most recent government, it achievements, or lack thereof, are put into historical context thus providing a broad view of the workings of government in Britain this century.
Non Party-Political Look at the Blair Government (9/9 people found this helpful)
A well researched series of essays looking at the workings of the Blair government 1997-2001.
Whist it was at times hard work sifting through the sheer volume of information provided, this is a fascinating look at the inner workings of Whitehall and the Labour party. If you are looking for a work that either praises or damms New Labour then this is not for you, rather it is a carefully balanced look at the successes and failures of the administration.
Though it focuses on the most recent government, it achievements, or lack thereof, are put into historical context thus providing a broad view of the workings of government in Britain this century.
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