This collections brings together expert contributions to dissect the key political concept of the Third Way in theory and practice, assessing its development and legacy and suggesting criticisms and alternatives.

Section I: The Third WayIntroduction – Luke Martell1. The route map of the Third Way – Armando Barrientos and Martin PowellSection II: The Third Way, economics, equality and the state2. North Atlantic drift: Welfare reform and the Third Way politics of New Labour and the New Democrats – Stephen Driver3. Generative equality, work and the Third Way: A managerial perspective – Peter McCullen and Colin Harris4. What matters is what works: The Third Way and the case of the Private Finance Initiative – Eric ShawSection III: Community and the Third Way5. The communitarian ‘philosophy’ of New Labour – Sarah Hale6. The Third Way and the politics of community – Eunice Goes7. From organisational theory to the Third Way: Continuities and contradictions underpinning Amitai Etzioni’s communitarian influence on New Labour – Simon PrideauxSection 4 – The discourse and strategy of the Third Way8. Giddens’ way with words – Paul Cammack9. New Labour, citizenship and the discourse of the Third Way – David Morrison10. Criticism and the future of the Third Way – Will Leggett

This collections brings together expert contributions to dissect the key political concept of the Third Way in theory and practice, assessing its development and legacy and suggesting criticisms and alternatives.