STEVE LUDLAM is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield.MARTIN J. SMITH is Professor and Head of Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.

• Second Term New Labour; S.LudlamRe-electing New Labour; C.PattieNew Labour's Second Term and European Social Democracy; B.CliftThe Control Freaks: New Labour and the Party; E.ShawNew Labour, 'Vested Interests' and the Union Link; S.LudlamA Damascene Conversion? New Labour and Media Relations; B.FranklinThe 'Hybrid State': New Labour's Response to the Challenge of Governance; D.Richards & M.J.SmithNew Labour and the Constitution; M.FlindersEconomic and Welfare Policy; C.Annesley & A.GambleNew Labour and the Reform of Public Services; R.PrabhakarThree Faces of New Labour: Principle, Pragmatism and Populism in New Labour's Home Office; N.RandallForeign and European Policy; J.BullerDefining New Labour; M.J.Smith.

[H]ighly readable and surprisingly comprehensive... it is a tightly edited and well-argued text that amounts to more than the sum of its parts. More importantly it updates much existing analysis of New Labour in power by considering the second term.' - Paul Riseborough, Journal of European Affairs '[A] valuable text...Unlike much work on New Labour, there are few rhetorical flourishes, for this is a serious and focused exercise... All the essays offer a sober analysis...There is much consistency in the findings across the different themes.' - Jonathan S. Davies, Political Studies Review