{"product_id":"progressive-foreign-policy-hardback-9780745641140","title":"Progressive Foreign Policy (Hardback) 9780745641140","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eProgressive Foreign Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Held (Author), David Mepham (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745641140, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 18 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm, 0.517 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"That the book unites leading academic specialists and policy experts from non-governmental organisations is a major attraction. Let us hope the activities of this broad coalition are sustained; foreign policy is too important to be left to politicians and civil servants.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTim Dunne, \u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“A valuable addition to the debate about the future of UK foreign policy.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Offers fresh thinking on the UK’s relationship with key countries and regions, from the US to Europe, from the Middle East to China.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDevelopment Resources Review\u003c\/i\u003e (OXFAM)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Thought-provoking ... a well-written and accessible broad overview of foreign policy under Blair's premiership ... students of international relations and of politics, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, would find this worth a read.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Studies Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This century will be shaped by the choice between a world that looks outwards, embraces multilateralism and seeks to shape globalization in the interests of social justice, or a world in which isolation, protectionism and narrow nationalism hold sway. This book is an important contribution to the question of how we build a safer, fairer world.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRt Hon. Hilary Benn, \u003ci\u003eUK Secretary of State for the Environment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an important, enlightened but measured assessment of the failings of British foreign policy that led to the debacle of Iraq. It also helps to chart a more progressive course for the future.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Kampfner, \u003ci\u003eEditor of the New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn May 1997, the then UK Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, famously said that foreign policy should have ‘an ethical dimension’, and that the Labour Government would ‘put human rights at the heart of foreign policy’. Although not described in these terms, these assertions were an attempt to articulate a ‘progressive’ conception of foreign policy for the UK.  \u003cp\u003eBut how does the foreign policy record of the Labour Government stand when set against these declared principles? What role have ethics really played in Labour’s foreign policy? Why has Labour been so interventionist, from Kosovo to Iraq? What does this record tell us about the limits and the possibilities of progressive foreign policy? What does it tell us about the strengths and failures of Labour’s foreign policy?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis timely book, published in association with the Institute for Public Policy Research and the Centre for Global Governance at the LSE, addresses these questions and provides an appraisal of Labour’s record in power. However, the book also looks forward. It provides a novel assessment of the international trends that will shape the global context of UK foreign policy. The contributors set out new perspectives and policy options in respect of international security, democracy, justice, human rights, and sustainability. In addition, the book offers fresh thinking on the UK’s relationship with key countries and regions, from the US to Europe, from the Middle East to China. Moreover, it suggests a radical new approach to global governance and to the way in which the UK makes and implements foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt a time of real flux in UK domestic politics and of rapid change in international politics, this book is an indispensable guide to the UK’s foreign policy options and to the prospects and possibilities of a more values-driven and effective UK foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Held and David Mepham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 – Rethinking security and power\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Clarke\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 - Deepening democracy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMary Kaldor\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 - Human rights, justice and security\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Mepham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 – Development and equity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKevin Watkins\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 - Sustainability and foreign policy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNick Mabey\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 - Recasting the special relationship\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrew Gamble and Ian Kearns\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 - Europe’s global role\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Grant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 – The Middle East: a new agenda for UK policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Mepham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 – Looking East: the rise of China\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteve Tsang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 – Multilateralism and Global Governance: accountability and effectiveness\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Held\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 – Global economic governance: a programme for reform\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNgaire Woods\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 – Redesigning UK foreign policy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeni Wild and Paul D. 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