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The updated edition of the bestselling title, Trust is the first serious response to the era of post-financial and political meltdown, Dr. Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for regaining trust within the national life. In part a wide-ranging meditation on notions of trust and responsibility in civic society, Trust is a powerful and important analysis of ten essential areas where trust in national life has broken down. Using examples from throughout the world and from history, it offers ten solutions for a better, more positive future

Pt 1. Politics and government. The Blair premiership / Dennis Kavanagh -- Parliament / Philip Cowley -- Elections and public opinion / John Curtice -- Local government / Tony Travers -- Central government / Paul Fawcett and R.A.W. Rhodes -- The constitution / Philip Norton -- Media management / Raymond Kuhn -- Tony Blair as Labour Party leader / Richard Heffernan -- Social democracy / Vernon Bogdanor -- pt. 2. Economics and finance. The treasury and economic policy / Peter Sinclair -- New Labour, new capitalism / Robert Taylor -- Transport / Stephen Glaister -- Industrial policy / Nicholas Crafts -- pt. 3. Policy studies. Law and the judiciary / Michael Beloff -- Crime and penal policy / Tim Newburn and Robert Reiner -- Immigration / Sarah Spencer -- Schools / Alan Smithers -- The health and welfare legacy / Nick Bosanquet -- Equality and social justice / Kitty Stewart -- Culture and attitudes / Ben Page -- Higher education / John O'Leary -- pt. 4. Wider Relations. The national question / Iain McLean -- Ireland: the Peace Process / Frank Millar -- Europe / Ian Bache and Neill Nugent -- Development / Richard Manning -- Climate change / Kunal Khatri -- Foreign policy / Michael Clarke -- Defence / Lawrence Freedman.

The Conservative Party's periods in opposition have been of crucial importance. They have seen major changes in direction, and often been the springboard for recovering power. The book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the Conservative Party and of opposition in modern British politics

The Blair premiership / Dennis Kavanagh -- Parliament / Philip Cowley and Mark Stuart -- Elections and public opinion / Pippa Norris -- Local and central government / Tony Travers -- Media management / Raymond Kuhn -- The Labour Party / Lewis Baston and Simon Henig -- The Conservative Party / Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon -- The treasury and economic policy / David Smith -- Mr Blair's British business model : capital and labour in flexible markets / Robert Taylor -- Transport / Stephen Glaister -- Government and judiciary / Louis Blom-Cooper -- Education / Alan Smithers -- The health and welfare legacy / Howard Glennerster -- Equality and social justice / Kitty Stewart -- The national question / Iain McLean -- Europe / Peter Riddell -- Putting the world to rights : Tony Blair's foreign policy mission / Christopher Hill -- The second Blair government : the verdict / Anthony Seldon -- Commentaries. The meaning of the third way / Andrew Gamble ; The reinvention of Blair / Robert Skidelsky ; Foreign policy / Vernon Bognador.

Anthony Seldon and Guy Lodge chart a tale of five movements in the course of Brown's premiership.