Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright.

2. The Rationale of the Minimal State: Norman Barry.

3. Neo-liberalism and the Theory of the State: From Wohlfahrtsstaat to Rechtsstaat: Raymond Plant.

4. Re-Stating Politics, Re-Politicising the State: Neo-liberalism, Economic Imperatives and the Rise of the Competition State: Colin Hay.

5. False Friend: The State and the Public Demain: David Marquand.

6. Leviathan Life: David Walker.

7. The State and the Market: John Kay.

8. Creating the Public Good: Charles Leadbeater.

9. The State and Innovations in Economic Governance: Colin Crouch.

10. New Localism, Progressive Politics and Democracy: Gerry Stoker.

11. Back to the Centre? Rebuilding the State: B. Guy Peters.

12. Reclaiming ‘The Public’ Through the People: Hilary Wainwright.

About the Author

Andrew Gamble is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield. He is joint editor of The Political Quarterly and his books include Between Europe and America: The Future of British Politics (2003) and Politics and Fate (2000).

Tony Wright is MP for Cannock Chase and Chairman of the Public Administration Committee in the House of Commons. He is joint editor of The Political Quarterly and his books include The British Political Process (1999) and Socialisms: Old and New (1996).

Andrew Gamble and Tony Wright have also co-edited The New Social Democracy.