The Left and Englishness
(2012)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2012). The Left and Englishness. In These Englands : a conversation on national identity (137-154). Manchester University Press
All Outputs (39)
State of the discipline: British politics in a cold climate (2012)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2012). State of the discipline: British politics in a cold climate. British Politics, 7(1), 4-16. https://doi.org/10.1057/bp.2011.31The purpose of this article is to assess the state of the discipline of British politics. The article takes as its starting point the historic emergence of the first coalition government since the end of Second World War and the impact of its politic... Read More about State of the discipline: British politics in a cold climate.
A social democratic narrative of British democracy (2011)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2012). A social democratic narrative of British democracy. Policy studies : the journal of the Policy Studies Institute, 33(2), 133-144. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2011.601205This article argues that social democracy as a political ideology has much to contribute to a narrative of British democracy. Democracy is the central tenet of social democracy and this distinguishes it from Marxist socialism. However, despite the La... Read More about A social democratic narrative of British democracy.
A tale of two liberalisms (2011)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2011). A tale of two liberalisms. In S. Lee, & M. Beech (Eds.), The Cameron-Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity (267-279). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305014The Conservative-Liberal Government represents a new period in British politics. The Coalition brought to an end 13 years of New Labour rule and reintroduced the idea of inter-party cooperation in government. The United Kingdom has not experienced su... Read More about A tale of two liberalisms.
The Cameron-Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity (2011)
Book
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2011). The Cameron-Clegg Government: Coalition Politics in an Age of Austerity. Palgrave Macmillan
British Conservatism and foreign policy: Traditions and ideas shaping Cameron's global view (2011)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2011). British Conservatism and foreign policy: Traditions and ideas shaping Cameron's global view. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13(3), 348-363. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00445.xThis article contributes to a debate on prospective Conservative foreign policy initiated by Klaus Dodds and Stuart Elden in this journal. The central argument is that Cameron's global view is being shaped by the traditions and ideas associated with... Read More about British Conservatism and foreign policy: Traditions and ideas shaping Cameron's global view.
Change, compromise and coalition: British politics in 2010 (2010)
Journal Article
Beech, M. (2010). Change, compromise and coalition: British politics in 2010. West European Politics, 33(6), 1378-1388. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2010.508916
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.xThis 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. RoutledgeThe 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 MacmillanDrawing 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?.
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
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
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/10.1080/01442870802576124This 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 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
The Brown government (2009)
Other
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2009). The Brown government
Ten Years of New Labour (2008)
Book
Beech, M., & Lee, S. (2008). Ten Years of New Labour. Palgrave MacmillanDrawing upon the expertise of a team of established researchers, Ten Years of New Labour provides a detailed and comprehensive evaluation of the ideas, institutions and policies that shaped the Blair Governments' decade in office. The reader is provi... Read More about Ten Years of New Labour.
New Labour and the Politics of Dominance (2008)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2008). New Labour and the Politics of Dominance. In Ten Years of New Labour (42370). Palgrave Macmillan
Introductory Preface (2008)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2008). Introductory Preface. In Ten Years of New Labour (xix - xxiv). Palgrave Macmillan
New Labour (2004)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2004). New Labour. In M. Beech, K. Hickson, & R. Plant (Eds.), The Struggle for Labour's Soul: Understanding Labour's Political Thought Since 1945 (86-102). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203495049The election of Tony Blair as leader of the Labour Party in 1994 has proved to be the beginning of an epoch in Labour Party history. Blair’s leadership and his desire to modernise and reform the internal and external politics of the Labour Party have... Read More about New Labour.