The Effect of Tony Blair’s Modernisation Rhetoric on House of Lords Reform: From Opposition to Government and Parliament

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Brief Overview

Examining former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair’s use of rhetorical strategy and collective action framing to justify constitutional reforms to the House of Lords in the aftermath of the election of the Labour Party in 1997.

Author

• Robert Swetlic, Wayne State University