The Thatcher era was the most dramatic period in British politics since the 1940s. As Conservative Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher proved to be the ‘Iron Lady’ at home and abroad. This book analyzes the politics of the Thatcher era in an incisive and challenging manner.
Tabella dei contenuti
What Kind of Revolution? The Conservative Ascendancy: The Pattern of British Politics 1979-1990 The Thatcher Cabinets and Governments, Her Court, and ‘An Old Whore of a Party’ The Economic Liberal Crusades I: The Quest for an Economic Renaissance The Economic Liberal Crusades II: The Recasting of the Welfare State The Economic Liberal Crusades III: The Reconstruction of the Civil Service The Economic Liberal Crusades IV: The Confrontation with Local Government The Governments of the Iron Lady and the Defence of the National Interest The Unfinished Revolution
Circa l’autore
GEOFFREY K. FRY is Emeritus Professor of British Government and Administration at the University of Leeds, UK. He has written eight previous books, including
Statesmen in Disguise, which has established itself as the standard history of the British Higher Civil Service, as well as
The Politics of Crisis and
The Politics of Decline, to which this book is a successor volume.
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