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Contributors to this Hansard Society/Palgrave volume consider how British government and politics changed as Tony Blair gave way to Gordon Brown. Gordon at the Helm looks at a range of factors under Brown such as public opinion, party and opposition politics, British government and administration, public policy, local government and foreign policy.

MICHAEL RUSH is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including Parliament Today (2005). He is a former Chair of the Study of Parliament Group and former member of the Council of the Hansard Society.

PHILIP GIDDINGS is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading, UK. He has edited and contributed to a number of books, including Westminster and Europe; Britain in the European Union: Law, Policy and Parliament; Parliamentary Accountability; The Ombudsman, the citizen and Parliament; Righting Wrongs: The Ombudsman in Six Continents.
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List of Tables, Figures and Boxes	p. vii
Notes on Contributors	p. x
Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Mapping the Voyage	p. 1
Brown's First Year	p. 8
Brown's New Constitutional Settlement? Constitutional Developments in 2007-08	p. 21
The Brown Factor in Elections and Public Opinion: the Return of the Electoral Cycle	p. 34
A Brown Effect? Parties and Party Systems	p. 51
Demands and Responses: Pressure Politics in 2007-08	p. 67
Restoring Trust in British Politics	p. 81
Brown's Unfinished Business: Government and Administration	p. 94
Parliament Under Brown: the Commons and Lords in 2007-08	p. 112
The Individual and the State: Courts, Tribunals and Ombudsmen in Brown's Britain	p. 134
The Brown Agenda: Public Policy Development in a Changing Climate	p. 149
Brown and the Nations: the Practice of Devolution	p. 165
Brown's Community Politics: Developments in Local Government	p. 180
Brown's World View: Foreign Policy Under Our New Prime Minister	p. 193
Brown and Europe: Embarrassment, Disaster - or More of the Same?	p. 205
Reverse Spin? Brown and the Media	p. 218
Stormy Seas Ahead	p. 231
Statistical Appendix	p. 240
Index	p. 272
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Gordon Takes the Helm The Palgrave Review of British Politics 2007-08

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