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Thatcherism (Paperback)
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Thatcherism (Paperback)
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Margaret Thatcher, prime minister between 1979 and 1990, was and
continues to be a hugely divisive figure in Britain. Her influence
on British politics has long outlived her, with the Conservative
Party becoming steadily more Thatcherite than it was under her
leadership, especially on economic issues. Policies that support
privatization, curbs on trade unions and employment rights (to
promote further labour market flexibility), reduction in welfare
provision, the replacement of collectivism with individualism, and
the marketization of public services, including the NHS and
education, are all Thatcherism in practice, and still continue
today. Peter Dorey offers a lively analysis of how Thatcherism
became an ideology for politics to conjure with, its relationship
with its eponymous leader and with the Conservative Party, as well
as the long-term implications for the British people. He argues
that the radical modernization of Britain that started under
Thatcher’s leadership in the 1980s has created the conditions
that have led to the polarization of British society today; a
process that was profoundly unconservative in its values and
approach, destabilizing institutions which Conservatives once
deemed sacrosanct, and replacing continuity and solidity with
constant change and competition.
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