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Think tank traditions is a follow up to the critically acclaimed
monograph "Think Tanks across Nations" (Manchester University
Press, 1998), edited by the same authors, which was widely
acknowledged as a ground-breaking work in the comparative study of
think tanks. The book looks at the historical role and contemporary
significance of think tanks in the West, including Europe, the
United States and Canada, as well as considering their activities
in China, Eastern Europe and Argentina. In so doing, the book
provides a broad-based and in-depth analysis of the role of think
tanks in the processes of economic liberalization and
democratization.
Investigating think tanks on both sides of the political divide,
the author defines these groups in the context of British politics,
explores their impact on the climate of opinion, and calculates how
effective they have been in influencing government in general and
key policy areas in particular. Think tanks have rarely come under
the spotlight and the author offers a probing but balanced overview
of a political phenomenon.; This book should prove to be valuable
reading for students of political science, public administration
and contemporary British history.
Democratising Conservative leadership selection traces the effects
of democracy on the British Conservative Party, specifically
looking at how changes in the ways the Conservatives elect their
leaders have altered their mandate to lead. The book includes
analysis of the original undemocratic 'system' whereby a leader
'emerged' from a shadowy process of consultation, and of the six
elections between 1965 and 1997 where the parliamentary
Conservative Party alone chose the Party leader. This historical
perspective is followed by in-depth analysis of the three contests
since 2001 that have taken place under the 'Hague rules', according
to which ordinary Party members have the final say. This is the
most comprehensive account yet published of the operation of those
rules on the Conservative Party and the legitimacy of its
leadership, and of the 2005 election of David Cameron. This book
will be essential reading for students, academic specialists and
anyone interested in the recent history and contemporary practice
of British Conservatism. -- .
Investigating think tanks on both sides of the political divide,
the author defines these groups in the context of British politics,
explores their impact on the climate of opinion, and calculates how
effective they have been in influencing government in general and
key policy areas in particular. Think tanks have rarely come under
the spotlight and the author offers a probing but balanced overview
of a political phenomenon.; This book should prove to be valuable
reading for students of political science, public administration
and contemporary British history.
Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as the founder of modern conservatism,
Keith Joseph is commonly ranked among the most influential
politicians of the late-20th century. A complex and enigmatic
figure Joseph was almost unique among Mrs Thatcher's senior
ministers in refusing to write his own memoirs. Challenging both
the "mad monk" view held by his critics and his status of mythical
hero to his admirers, the authors present a picture of Joseph as a
thinker and decision-maker. the authors tell of Joseph's formative
years before he entered Parliamnet in 1956: the powerful Jewish
dynasty into which Josph was born; his time at Harrow; at Oxford;
his war years in the Royal Artillery; and his Fellowship at All
Souls. This volume charts the political career of Keith Joseph. The
authors challenge Joseph's self-declared conversion to Conservatism
in 1974 and the importance of his "education" of Margaret Thatcher.
His own ambition, intellectual integrity and consistency are all
examined and a different picture emerges of his role as the
intellectual driving force behind Conservative Government policy in
the 1980s.
Hailed by Margaret Thatcher as the founder of modern conservatism,
Keith Joseph is commonly ranked among the most influential
politicians of the late-20th century. A complex and enigmatic
figure Joseph was almost unique among Mrs Thatcher's senior
ministers in refusing to write his own memoirs. Challenging both
the "mad monk" view held by his critics and his status of mythical
hero to his admirers, the authors present a picture of Joseph as a
thinker and decision-maker. the authors tell of Joseph's formative
years before he entered Parliamnet in 1956: the powerful Jewish
dynasty into which Josph was born; his time at Harrow; at Oxford;
his war years in the Royal Artillery; and his Fellowship at All
Souls. This volume charts the political career of Keith Joseph. The
authors challenge Joseph's self-declared conversion to Conservatism
in 1974 and the importance of his "education" of Margaret Thatcher.
His own ambition, intellectual integrity and consistency are all
examined and a different picture emerges of his role as the
intellectual driving force behind Conservative Government policy in
the 1980s.
How political parties choose their leaders, and why they choose the
leaders they do, are questions of fundamental importance in
contemporary parliamentary democracies. This book examines
political leadership selection in the two dominant parties in
recent British political history, exploring the criteria and skills
needed by political leaders to be chosen by their parties. While
the Conservative Party's strong record in office owes much to its
ability to project an image of leadership competence and governing
credibility, the Labour Party has struggled with issues of economic
management, leadership ability and ideological splits between
various interpretations of socialism. The authors argue that the
Conservatives tend towards a unifying figure who can lead the Party
to victory, whereas the Labour Party typically choose a leader to
unite the party behind ideological renewal. Exploring the
contemporary political choices of leaders like Boris Johnson and
Jeremy Corbyn, this book offers a timely insight into the
leadership processes of Britain's major political players. -- .
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