Martin Holmes

Broschiertes Buch

Thatcherism

Scope and Limits, 1983-87

Beschreibung

This book examines the pace of change and the nature of the Thatcherite revolution, 1983-87. It draws on 30 interviews with ministers and officials and offers a critique of existing theories of Thatcherism. The author assesses the progress of, opposition to and future of policy.

Autor

MARTIN HOLMES is Senior Research Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford. He graduated in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at University College, Oxford and was awarded his doctorate in 1981. Dr Holmes is the author of Political Pressures and Economic Policy: British Government, 1970-4, The Labour Government, 1974-79: Political Aims and Economic Reality and The First Thatcher Government, 1979-83: Contemporary Conservatism and Economic Change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Education / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-49233-8
• 1989.
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juli 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 242g
• ISBN-13: 9780333492338
• ISBN-10: 0333492331
• Artikelnr.: 43601345

Rezensionen

'Lucid and well-documented account' - K.Featherstone, British Book News

'In this clear and informed history of the 1974-79 Government Holmes shows how Labour's aspirations constantly encountered the practical limits of economic management' - Albert Whale, Times Higher Educational Supplement

'Dr Holmes is perceptive and fair in his assessment of the leading personalities' - Douglas Jay, Financial Times

'Martin Holmes has written a well-researched book of the period, and as an active participant I have no complaint about the picture he paints, which is a fair one' - Lord Barnett, The House Magazine