PART I: THE POLICY CONTEXT.- Introduction: New Labour and 'Blairism'; R.Atkinson and S.P.Savage.- Policy, Management and Implementation; A.Massey.- The Europeanisation of British Policy-Making; S.Cope.- PART II: SUBSTANTIVE POLICY AREAS.- UK Economic Policy: The Conservative Legacy and New Labour's Third Way; R.Thomas.- Welfare Work: New Labour and the Unemployed; D.Finn.- UK Environmental Policy Under Blair; J.Bradbeer.- Law and Order Under Blair: New Labour or Old Conservatism?; S.P.Savage and M.Nash.- Health Policy; N.North.- Housing Policy; P.Durden.- Education Policy; I.Kendall and D.Holloway.- The Personal Social Services; N. Johnson.- Social Security: Welfare Reform or Piecemeal Adjustment?; M.Hill.- British Policy in Northern Ireland; A.Aughey.- Foreign and Defence Policy; F.Carr.