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No new vision: the gradual death of British social democracy? (2009)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2009). No new vision: the gradual death of British social democracy?. The Political quarterly, 80(4), 526-532. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2009.02049.x

This article argues that the Labour Party has no new vision for British social democracy. New Labour in Government is intellectually tired and lacks ideological vision. Gordon Brown's leadership is managerial and lacking robust ideological content. T... Read More about No new vision: the gradual death of British social democracy?.

The Brown Government: A Policy Evaluation (2009)
Book
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2009). The Brown Government: A Policy Evaluation. Routledge

The Brown Government provides an interim evaluation of Gordon Brown's Labour administration through identifying continuities and discontinuities with the Blair governments from 1997. By focusing on key ideas and areas of public policy it presents an... Read More about The Brown Government: A Policy Evaluation.

The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last? (2009)
Book
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2009). The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last?. Palgrave Macmillan

Drawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, The Conservatives under David Cameron provides a detailed analysis and evaluation of the ideas, policies and electoral strategy developed during the tenure of David Cameron as Conservat... Read More about The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last?.

Cameron and Conservative Ideology (2009)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2009). Cameron and Conservative Ideology. In The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last? (18 - 30). Palgrave Macmillan

Conclusion: A Cameronite United Kingdom? (2009)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2009). Conclusion: A Cameronite United Kingdom?. In S. Lee, & M. Beech (Eds.), The Conservatives under David Cameron: Built to Last? (208-214). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230237025

The prospects for Brown's social democracy (2009)
Journal Article
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2009). The prospects for Brown's social democracy. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 30(1), 101-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870802577411

A puzzle of ideas and policy: Gordon Brown as prime minister (2009)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2009). A puzzle of ideas and policy: Gordon Brown as prime minister. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 30(1), 5-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870802576124

This article argues that Gordon Brown as prime minister is a puzzle of ideas and policy. This observation is most notably supported by his failure to espouse an ideological narrative for his government. Brown the intellectually literate Labour leader... Read More about A puzzle of ideas and policy: Gordon Brown as prime minister.

The Brown government (2009)
Other
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2009). The Brown government