试析布莱尔工党政府的成功之道

尽管遭受“伊拉克门”事件的重创,布莱尔领导的工党集团仍顺利赢得2005年英国大选,实现了历史性的三连任。工党成功的直接原因是其有效地调整了英国的经济政策和社会政策。工党政府的宏观经济政策、微观经济政策改革支撑了英国经济的平稳增长;社会政策改革推动了“福利国家”向“社会投资国家”的转型,增强了社会福利支出对经济发展的促进作用。这种大体上兼顾了经济效率与社会公平的政策是基本成功的,显示出新工党统治集团具有较强的执政能力。

Tony Blair''''s Labour Government and Its Way to Success: A Preliminary Analysis

The Labour Party under Tony Blair won its third successive national election in spite of being greatly disfavored by the electorate for its involvement in the Iraqi War. Labour's success can be attributed to its effective adjustment of Britain's economic and social policies. The macro- and micro-economic policy reforms have paved a way to Britain's stable and rapid economic growth, and the transformation of Britain's traditional welfare state to the "social investment state" model has enhanced the role of social public expenditure in economic development. The Labour government has basically succeeded in maintaining a balance between economic efficiency and social equity, so to prove its strength in economic and social governance.