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An unprecedented number of Labour MPs was elected in rural areas in England in 1997. This study examines critically examines the making of rural policy and the implications for rural politics over the life-time of New Labour in power between 1997 and 2010. The analysis begins by…

This thesis examines the development of the Home Affairs policies of the New Labour Government (1997-2010) - specifically in the areas of counter-terrorism, policing, and immigration. Much of the most significant research on this government has focussed on political economy or p…

This thesis examines the uneven development of the productive subjectivity of the British working class, and how this was expressed in patterns of regional, racial, ethnic, and gendered patterns of inequality between 1997-2010. I examine the transformation of the British working…

This thesis examines the Skills Strategy for England under New Labour as a contested project to govern workplace high(er) skill aspiration and behaviour. It analyses differentiated state strategies to promote and (re)produce responsible skills ambitions; the engagement of employ…