LEADER 03038nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910809405003321 005 20230617033643.0 010 $a1-281-92519-5 010 $a9786611925192 010 $a0-19-153416-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000024600 035 $a(EBL)728906 035 $a(OCoLC)310751645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000088499 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11111780 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000088499 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10083645 035 $a(PQKB)10909927 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000074501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC728906 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL728906 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10273347 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL192519 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7036239 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7036239 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000024600 100 $a20040527d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNew Labour at the centre $econstructing political space /$fAndrew Hindmoor 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-160189-6 311 $a0-19-927314-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; 1. Introduction; 2. The Centre, Downs, and New Labour; 3. Rhetoric and the Construction of the Centre; 4. Rhetoric, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 5. Innovation and the Construction of the Centre; 6. Innovation, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 7. Framing and the Construction of the Centre; 8. Framing, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 9. Leadership and the Construction of the Centre; 10. Leadership, New Labour, and the Construction of the Centre; 11. Conclusion; Index 330 $aTaking as its starting-point Anthony Downs' seminal work, An Economic Theory of Democracy, this book draws upon insights generated within economics, political psychology, and the study of rhetoric to examine the way in which New Labour achieved and maintained its electoral hegemony from 1994.Journalists and politicians routinely attribute New Labour's electoral success to its occupation of the 'centre-ground'. This book is interested in the question of how New Labour moved to the right and towards the centre. The obvious answer to this question is that New Labour moved by changing its policies 606 $aPolitical parties$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1979-1997 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1997-2007 615 0$aPolitical parties 676 $a324.2/4107 676 $a324.24107 676 $a324.24107 700 $aHindmoor$b Andrew$01613683 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910809405003321 996 $aNew Labour at the centre$93943112 997 $aUNINA