The Third Way was a phenomenon of the early mid-1990s and was considered to be at the heart of the New Labour strategy that brought the party to power in 1997.

As the party's popularity wanes--albeit after three historic victories--several questions can now be asked: What was the Third Way, and where did it come from in terms of its wider historical context? How did it develop as both a political ideology and an electoral strategy? Perhaps most importantly--where did it go, and what are the current prospects for any progressive political movement?