Changing States, Changing Nations

1. Constitutional Reform and National Identity
I. Constitutional Reform in Britain under Blair and Brown
II. Comparative Studies of Constitutional Reform
III. Rationale for Selection of Case Studies
IV. Definitions: Nation and Nation State
V. National Myths and Symbols
VI. National Identity
VII. Changes in National Identity
VIII. National Identity and Constitutional Reform
IX. Comparative Case Studies
X. Changing States, Changing Nations
2. âDoing Good By Stealthâ: Tony Blair and Reform of the British Constitution
I. Labour and Constitutional Reform
II. Labour and the Maximalists: The 1987 Parliament
III. Labour Policy-making in the Wake of the 1992 Defeat
IV. Labour and the Nation
V. New Labour and the Constitution
VI. Shuffling the Pack: Preparing for Government
VII. New Labour, No Britain
VIII. Cook-Maclennan
IX. From the Manifesto to the Polls
X. The Election
XI. Into Government
XII. The First Session: May 1997â"November 1998
XIII. The Second Session: November 1998â"November 1999
XIV. The End of the Affair: New Labour and the Liberal Democrats
XV. The Third and Fourth Sessions: November 1999â"June 2001
XVI. The First Term: Constitutional Reform Delivered?
XVII. The 2001 Manifesto
XVIII. The Constitution in the Second Term: 2001â"05
XIX. The Constitution in the Third Term: Blairâs Final Years
XX. Britainâs Quiet Constitutional Revolution
3. âJust Watch Meâ: Pierre Trudeau and the Canadian Constitution
I. Canada at the Centenary
II. Enter Trudeau
III. From the Centenary to Victoria
IV. Stasis
V. From PQ Victory to Liberal Defeat
VI. A Final Chance
VII. Quebec Votes
VIII. Constitutional Reform in the Wake of the No Vote
IX. Going it Alone
X. One Last Try
XI. Aftermath
XII. Consequences
XIII. The Sesquicentenary of Confederation
4. âA Small But Significant Stepâ: Australia and the Republic
I. The Combatants
II. Enter Paul Keating
III. Mapping the Course: The Republic Advisory Committee
IV. Becalmed
V. John Howard and the Republic
VI. The Convention
VII. Australia Votes No
VIII. Why the Republic was Lost
IX. Where Next for Republican Australia?
X. Constitutional Change and National Identity
5. âPower to The Peopleâ?: The UK Constitution After Blair
I. Brown Arrives
II. Britishness
III. Governance of Britain
IV. The Coalition and Constitutional Reform
V. Brexit
VI. What Next for the British Constitution?
VII. Public Engagement
VIII. Public Reaction to the Reforms
IX. The Future of Britain
X. Brown and the Constitution
6. Changing States, Changing Nations
I. Three Stories: One Pattern?
II. Lessons for Reformers?
III. Re-engineering National Identity
IV. Changing States, Changing Nations