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"The premiership of Margaret Thatcher has been portrayed as uniquely ideological in its pursuit of a more market-based economy. A body of literature has been built on how a sharp turn to the right by the Conservative Party during the 1980s - inspired by the likes of Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek - acted as one of the key stepping-stones to the turbo-charged capitalism and globalization of our modern world. But how 'neoliberal' was Thatcherism? The link between ideas and the Thatcher government has frequently been over-generalised and under-specified. Existing accounts tend to characterise neoliberalism as a homogeneous, and often ill-defined, group of thinkers that exerted a broad influence over the Thatcher government. In particular, this study explores how Margaret Thatcher approached special interest groups, a core neoliberal concern. The results demonstrate a willingness to utilise the state, often in contradictory ways, to pursue apparently more market-orientated policies. This book - through a combination of archival research, interviews and examination of neoliberal thought itself - defines the dominant strains of neoliberalism more clearly and explores their relationship with Thatcherism. "--Provided by publisher.

Neoliberalism --- Conservatism --- Thatcher, Margaret. --- Great Britain --- Politics and government

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Drawing on a host of recently declassified documents from the Reagan-Thatcher years provides an innovative basis to understand the development and nature of the relationship between the two leaders.

Presidents --- Prime ministers --- Summit meetings --- Professional relationships. --- History --- Reagan, Ronald. --- Thatcher, Margaret. --- United States --- Great Britain --- Foreign relations

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Few modern women have had as great a political impact as Margaret Hilda Roberts, the grocer's daughter from Grantham who, as Margaret Thatcher, became Britain's first woman prime minister. The longest serving British premier of the twentieth century, Mrs Thatcher has been the subject of both adulation and vilification. In Margaret Thatcher: A Life and Legacy, the leading historian Sir David Cannadine sets Margaret Thatcher in the context of recent British history. With elegance, wit, and historical insight, Cannadine charts Mrs Thatcher's upbringing and influences, her political career and life after politics, the impact of her policies, and her personal reputation and political legacy. The book also features a glossary of key terms, a chronology, a 'dramatis personae' of significant figures of the period, and a guide to further reading. Written by one of our foremost international historians, it is an essential work for anyone interested in the life and work of a towering-and often controversial- figure in modern British history, as well as students, academics, and researchers in the fields of modern history and politics.

Prime ministers --- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. --- HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General. --- Thatcher, Margaret. --- 1900-1999 --- Great Britain --- Great Britain. --- History

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Margaret Thatcher was one of the most controversial figures of modern times. Her governments inspired hatred and veneration in equal measure and her legacy remains fiercely contested. Yet assessments of the Thatcher era are often divorced from any larger historical perspective. This book draws together leading historians to locate Thatcher and Thatcherism within the political, social, cultural and economic history of modern Britain. It explores the social and economic crises of the 1970s; Britain's relationships with Europe, the Commonwealth and the United States; and the different experiences of Thatcherism in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The book assesses the impact of the Thatcher era on class and gender and situates Thatcherism within the Cold War, the end of Empire and the rise of an Anglo-American 'New Right'. Drawing on the latest available sources, it opens a wide-ranging debate about the Thatcher era and its place in modern British history.

Thatcher, Margaret --- Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- Politics and government --- Social conditions --- Politique et gouvernement --- Conditions sociales --- Influence. --- Social history. --- Descriptive sociology --- Social history --- History --- Sociology --- Roberts, Margaret Hilda --- She-chʻi-erh, Ma-ko-li-tʻe --- Tėtcher, M. --- Tėtcher, Margaret Khilʹda --- Arts and Humanities --- Thatcher, Margaret (1925-....) --- Influence --- 1979-1997 --- 1945-....

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In its 1981 Budget, the Thatcher government discarded Keynesian counter-cyclical policies and cut Britain's public sector deficit in the depths of the worst UK recession since the 1930s. Controversially, the government argued that fiscal contraction would produce economic growth. In this specially commissioned volume, contributors examine recently released archives alongside firsthand accounts from key players within No. 10 Downing Street, HM Treasury and the Bank of England, to provide the first comprehensive treatment of this critical event in British economic history. They assess the empirical and theoretical basis for expansionary fiscal contraction, drawing clear parallels with contemporary debates on austerity in Europe, USA and Japan in the wake of the recent global financial crisis. This timely and thoughtful book will have broad appeal among economists, political scientists, historians and policy makers.

Budget --- Fiscal policy --- Tax policy --- Taxation --- Economic policy --- Finance, Public --- Budgeting --- Expenditures, Public --- History. --- Government policy --- Forecasting --- Thatcher, Margaret. --- Thatcher, Margaret --- Roberts, Margaret Hilda --- She-chʻi-erh, Ma-ko-li-tʻe --- Tėtcher, M. --- Tėtcher, Margaret Khilʹda --- Great Britain --- History --- E-books