STEVEN FIELDING is Professor of Contemporary Politics, University of Salford.

• PrefaceIntroduction: What is 'New' Labour?Historicising 'New' LabourThe Liberal ConnectionFrom Clause Four to Third Way: Labour's Ideological JourneyAccommodating or Shaping? Labour's Electoral DilemmaBecoming Blair's Party? Labour OrganizationManaging the EconomyAdvancing Equality?The Death of 'New' Labour?

'Here at last is an authoritative and balanced examination of the character and trajectory of 'New' Labour. Grounding his analysis historically and comparatively, Fielding makes a compelling case for discarding the labels 'Old' and 'New', and for treating the Blair Governments as important moments in the long and developing story of the Labour Party. Steven Fielding has done us all a great service with this well-grounded introduction to the history of the party and the practice of its contemporary leadership.' - David Coates, Worrell Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest University 'For students of Britain, Blair, and socialism, this is a valuable work...highly recommended.' - H. Steck, Choice