Constitution-Making and the Labour Party

MARK EVANS is Head of Politics and Provost of Halifax College at the University of York. He is the author of Charter 88: A Successful Challenge to the British Political Tradition? and Policy Transfer in Global Perspective. He has published a broad range of articles and book chapters on aspects of constitutional reform, the study of policy development and post-war reconstruction and development.

List of Boxes, Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction - From Elite to Third Way Democracy? PART I: UNDERSTANDING CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE Constitutional Doctrine and Revisionism in the Labour Party The Rise of the Competition State The New Constitutionalism PART II: CASE STUDIES IN CONSTITUTIONAL CONTINUITY AND CHANGE Electoral Reform and the Clammy Hands of Centralism Parliamentary Reform - Reforming the House of Lords Bringing Rights Home Freedom of Information and Open Government Devolution to Scotland and Wales - Is Power Devolved, Power Retained? A Different Union, A Different Ireland? Constitutional Futures - The New Constitutionalism and the Impact of Spill-Over Conclusion - Elite Democracy is Third Way Democracy in Disguise Notes Bibliography Internet Sources Index