After Blair: David Cameron and the Conservative Tradition (PAPERBACK)
UK £8.99,Canada $18.00,
UK Publication February 2007
ISBN 9781840467956
Paperback
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Is there life beyond Blarism? Kieron O'Hara examines David Cameron's ideological backbone and makes a compelling case that conservatism should be properly understood as the most meaningful set of political beliefs for our time.
The first edition of After Blair, published in February 2005, was reviewed in the Guardian by Cameron himself. As well as describing the book as 'a compelling, and often persuasive, read', Cameron praised O'Hara's central idea of the relevance of conservative philosophy. It provides, he said, 'at least part of the road map for a sustained conservative recovery in modern Britain'. Cameron's review has been held up as the best description of his policies yet.
This substantially rewritten edition asks whether David Cameron and his brand of softer, more caring conservatism is the natural successor to the years of Blair.
After Blair places Cameron in the context of conservative history, explaining his intellectual and political roots in a way that no other book has. This is the essential book on British politics today and for the next decade, for conservatives and everyone else alike.
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'Passionate and fascinating?a sweetly written, always entertaining and erudite chunk of polemic? Rod Liddle, Sunday Times
'A lucid introduction to Conservative philosophy ... lightly done, and rather refreshing' John Campbell, Independent
'An elegant and well-argued book' Danny Kruger, New Statesman
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Kieron O'Hara is a senior research fellow in the Intelligence, Agents and Multimedia Group at the University of Southampton. He co-wrote the script of the computer game Tomb Raider 4, and is the author of the only scholarly paper about Carry On Cabby.
See more books by: Kieron O'Hara
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Other editions / related titles:
After Blair: Conservatism Beyond Thatcher (HARDBACK)
