Title: The Thatcherite offensive : a neo-Poulantzasian analysis /
Authors: Gallas, Alexander,
Year: 2016
Subjects: Thatcher, Margaret.; Poulantzas, Nicos Ar.; Poulantzas, Nicos Ar.; Thatcher, Margaret; Conservative Party (Great Britain) History; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Industrial relations Government policy Great Britain History; Social classes Great Britain History; Industrial relations Government policy.; Politics and government.; Social classes; Great Britain Politics and government; Great Britain
Contents: The Hall-Jessop debate -- Neo-Poulantzasian political analysis -- Method of presentation -- Pre-history : Britain in crisis (-1977) -- Emergence : a new agenda for the Conservative Party (1977-9) -- Case study: preparing for government : Conservative policy papers from 1977 -- Material gains : conducting class politics by stealth (1979-84) -- Instability and confrontation (1984-8) -- Case study: attacking the union movement : the miners' strike -- Case study: dividing the nation : the 'big bang' and the liberalisation of financial markets -- Stabilisation : entrenching the advance (1988-92) -- Erosion : losing control (1992-9) -- The consequences of Thatcherism -- New Labour and the Thatcherite legacy.