The Thatcherite offensive
Subtitle: a neo-Poulantzasian analysis
By: by Alexander Gallas
Series: Historical materialism book series -- volume 107
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9789004231610; 9789004292215
Subjects: Politics and government; Industrial relations; Government policy; Conservative Party (Great Britain); Social classes; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Hall-Jessop debate; title: Neo-Poulantzasian political analysis; title: Method of presentation; title: Pre-history : Britain in crisis (-1977); title: Emergence : a new agenda for the Conservative Party (1977-9); title: Case study: preparing for government : Conservative policy papers from 1977; title: Material gains : conducting class politics by stealth (1979-84); title: Instability and confrontation (1984-8); title: Case study: attacking the union movement : the miners' strike; title: Case study: dividing the nation : the 'big bang' and the liberalisation of financial markets; title: Stabilisation : entrenching the advance (1988-92); title: Erosion : losing control (1992-9); title: The consequences of Thatcherism; title: New Labour and the Thatcherite legacy.