This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the life, work and legacy of Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Expert contributors examine the major impact she had on British and global politics as the longest-serving Prime Minister in modern British history.
Organised into three substantive parts exploring Thatcher's political life before, during and after her premiership, this Companion guides the reader through the key periods of a unique and varied political career. Specialists from a range of fields explore how Thatcher ascended to become Prime Minister, the differences she made when in power, and her legacy after departing from high office. They include new perspectives and material on previously neglected areas of Thatcher's work, presenting original reflections from those who worked with her. Chapters cover a breadth of Thatcher's policies, from the environment to the economy, and reveal insights into her temperament as well as her pragmatic approach to politics and problem solving.
The Elgar Companion to Margaret Thatcher is an indispensable resource for scholars and students of British politics, political theory, international relations, and public policy. It is also a vital read for politicians and journalists.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'In my judgement this collection of expert and scholarly essays is a lastingly valuable source for those who wish to have an understanding of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism.' -- Robin Butler, Head of the Civil Service under Margaret Thatcher 'A pungent and dynamic set of essays helping to explain the phenomenon that is Thatcher through the lens of history.' -- Anthony Seldon, Founding Director, Wellington College Education, UK
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Höhe: 244 mm
Breite: 169 mm
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978-1-0353-4530-4 (9781035345304)
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Edited by Philip Norton, Lord Norton of Louth, Professor of Government, University of Hull and Matt Beech, Reader in Politics and Director, Centre for British Politics, University of Hull, UK
Contents
Preface ix
1 Introduction: the Thatcher phenomenon 1
Philip Norton
PART I THATCHER AS PARTY LEADER
2 From opposition to Thatcherism 28
Terrence Casey
3 Thatcher and the Conservative intellectuals: the case of Oakeshott, Scruton
and the LSE Right 45
Ferenc Hoercher
4 Margaret Thatcher and think tanks 57
Mark Garnett
5 Creating Thatcher's manifestos: blue is the colour 72
Dan Pitt
PART II THATCHER AS PREMIER
6 Margaret Thatcher and parliament 88
Philip Norton
7 Thatcher and trade unions 104
Pete Dorey
8 Tales from the crypt: Margaret Thatcher's industrial policy and its afterlife 122
James Silverwood and Richard Woodward
9 Margaret Thatcher and the regulation of telecommunications markets 140
Ewan Sutherland
10 The green lady? Environmental and industrial policy 159
James Silverwood and James Jackson
11 The art of Margaret Thatcher 180
Adrian Hilton
12 Thatcherism through the prism of television: case study - Brookside 197
Ben Williams
13 The lone knight versus the Iron Lady: Anthony Meyer thinks the
unthinkable in 1989 215
Anthony Teasdale
PART III THE THATCHER LEGACY
14 'I am big, it's the politics that got small': Margaret Thatcher's premier
emeritus years: her (after) life, (continuing) work, and (emeritus) legacy 235
Peter Just
15 Not a great repudiator? Margaret Thatcher as reconstructor 1979-1990 260
Ben Worthy
16 The legacy of Thatcherism: the influence of Thatcherite ideology upon
Conservative party leadership elections since 1990 275
Timothy Heppell and Andrew S. Roe-Crines
17 A 'Renterprise' culture, not an enterprise culture: Margaret Thatcher's
legacy for British models of political economy 296
Simon Lee
18 The legacy of Thatcher and British Indian identity: a complicated
relationship 314
Zeena Mistry
19 Margaret Thatcher and her national security legacy 335
Alex Tant-Brown
PART IV WORKING WITH THATCHER
20 Reflections: Recollections of working with Margaret Thatcher 354
The Rt Hon Lord Baker of Dorking CH, Lord Hayward OBE , The Rt
Hon Lord Jopling DL, The Rt Hon Lord King of Bridgwater CH, Lord
Turnbull KCB CVO and The Rt Hon Lord Young of Cookham CH
