... or troop numbers to stabilize the city, let alone follow through on the ambitious agenda of neoliberal reform set out by Tony Blair and George W. Bush on the eve of invasion. Bush George W deaths international laws Iraq laws military occupations United States U S Blair Tony exit strategies Hussein...

... government. joined-up government old administrative doctrine coordination government Tony Blair New Labour counter-doctrines linking Joined-up government is a new term, coined in the 1990s, for an old administrative doctrine. In ‘oldspeak’, the traditional language of management and public...

... General Sir Graeme Petreaus General David New Labour Tony Blair Coalition Insurgency Al Qaeda Strategy Imperialism imagines that we do not know it, and I think it is legitimate for those responsible for leading a nation, trade union or a military unit, to allow their enemy to imagine...

... regimes Cameron David eco towns Miliband E ‘personalisation’ agenda planning reform political consensus progressive consensus voice and choice modernisation orders of change Tony Blair welfare state David Cameron Gordon Brown There are a great number of terms used by supporters and critics...

... of the neo-liberal state remit of Thatcherism, Tony Blair and New Labour had to relinquish the grander liberalism traditionally articulated by the Party and central to its conception of itself. Labour felt itself to be inheriting a damaged state. This chapter examines how this damage to the state has been...

...As two of the longest-serving prime ministers in Europe, Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern had a profound impact on both the national and European stage. Their decade in power coincided with perhaps one of the most tumultuous periods of European integration, with no less than two successful rounds...

... an overview of horizontal networking within the EU network immediately after accession in 1973 and how it evolved through to 1997. It then explores its development during the administrations of Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern, using the 2004 and 2005 EU presidencies in Ireland and the UK as comparative case...

...This concluding chapter reprises the key research findings from the study with reference to three key questions: How was the European Union (EU) national policy-making process adapted by Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern in an attempt to project policy preferences more effectively? How can we evaluate...

... McNamara Robert Rusk Dean Truman Harry Vietnam War Kosovo Tony Blair personality traits British prime ministers world leaders How can we understand and measure the political personality and leadership style of individuals in positions of power? While we may accept the case made in the previous...

...Tony Blair's response to the September 11, 2001 attacks was one of unequivocal support for the United States, a framing of the situation in stark terms of good and evil, and elucidation of an ambitiously proactive foreign policy programme to prevent the re-occurrence of attacks of such magnitude...

...Why did Tony Blair take Britain to war with Iraq? Because, this book argues, he was following the core political beliefs and style—the Blair identity—manifest and consistent throughout his decade in power. Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, and finally Iraq were wars to which Blair was drawn due...

... violence of the insurgency. Events elsewhere in the region also had a dramatic impact. In particular, the outbreak of war between Israel and Lebanon led to a critical weakening of Tony Blair, with his unyielding support for the United States' position hastening his eventual departure from office. Under...

...This chapter places Tony Blair government's modernisation agenda within the context of arguments about the configuration of local political decision-making. It addresses a number of vital questions that are raised by the introduction of a directly elected form of local political leadership. Local...

... democratic leaders are gripped by a neoconservative agenda, like President George W. Bush, or by an “ethical foreign policy,” like Prime Minister Tony Blair, they will seek public support and the loyalty of officials. A democratic leader is expected to “back his women and men.” Under these pressures...

... confrontational tactics partnership Tony Blair A recipe for violence: Promise a lot: deliver a little. Lead people to believe they will be much better off, but let there be no dramatic improvement. Try a variety of small programmes, each interesting but marginal in impact and severely under-financed. Avoid any...

...This chapter examines the health policy in Great Britain under former Prime Minister Tony Blair's government from 1997 to 2007. It suggests that the Labour Party's approach to the NHS was conciliatory and cautious. Labour abolished general practitioner (GP) fundholding, retained the internal market...

... into the national consciousness an image of miners as ‘decent ordinary people’ whose communal values and aspirations were admirable, but also hopelessly out of date. While the miners may have been beaten by Thatcherism, ultimately, they were beaten by history itself. Tony Blair’s New Labour project reaped...

... that Hussein was a gathering threat, likely to develop WMD in the future and capable of handing them off to terrorists or using them to blackmail the United States. Why not confront him when there was opportunity to do so, and before he became more dangerous? British prime minister Tony Blair agreed. Bush...

... servility. This chapter contests that thesis, as it misconstrues Tony Blair’s worldview and understates the agency of the UK government in determining the scale of its contribution. The prime minister genuinely believed in the worthiness of the intervention. Blair was also convinced that, by aligning...