Thatcherism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Scope of Thatcherism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Thatcherism Defined

      • Martin Holmes

      Pages 3-18

   3. The Scope of Thatcherism and Economic Policy

      • Martin Holmes

      Pages 19-37

   4. The Scope of Thatcherism and Trade-union Power

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      Pages 38-58

   5. The Scope of Thatcherism and Privatisation

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      Pages 59-70

   6. The Scope of Thatcherism and Foreign Policy

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      Pages 71-87

3. The Limits of Thatcherism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. The Limits of Thatcherism and the Conservative Party

      • Martin Holmes

      Pages 91-106

   3. The Limits of Thatcherism and the British Left

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      Pages 107-121

   4. The Limits of Thatcherism and Intellectual Opinion

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      Pages 122-137

   5. The Limits of Thatcherism and Electoral Behaviour

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      Pages 138-151

   6. Concluding Thoughts

      • Martin Holmes

      Pages 152-155

4. Back Matter

   Pages 156-174

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This book examines the pace of change and the nature of the Thatcherite revolution, 1983-87. It draws on 30 interviews with ministers and officials and offers a critique of existing theories of Thatcherism. The author assesses the progress of, opposition to and future of policy.

• economic policy
• foreign policy
• Policy
• revolution

'Lucid and well-documented account' - K.Featherstone, British Book News

'In this clear and informed history of the 1974-79 Government Holmes shows how Labour's aspirations constantly encountered the practical limits of economic management' - Albert Whale, Times Higher Educational Supplement

'Dr Holmes is perceptive and fair in his assessment of the leading personalities' - Douglas Jay, Financial Times

'Martin Holmes has written a well-researched book of the period, and as an active participant I have no complaint about the picture he paints, which is a fair one' - Lord Barnett, The House Magazine

• Mansfield College, Oxford, UK

  Martin Holmes

MARTIN HOLMES is Senior Research Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford. He graduated in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at University College, Oxford and was awarded his doctorate in 1981. Dr Holmes is the author of Political Pressures and Economic Policy: British Government, 1970-4, The Labour Government, 1974-79: Political Aims and Economic Reality and The First Thatcher Government, 1979-83: Contemporary Conservatism and Economic Change.

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