Thatcher

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-1-904950-71-4
Verlag: Haus Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 195 mm, Gewicht: 243 g

Reihe: Haus Publishing

Margaret Thatcher was Britain’s first woman Prime Minister and the longest-serving head of government in the 20th century (1979-90), but also the only one to be removed from office in peacetime by pressure from within her own party. Her victory in the general election of 1979 begun an era which became synonymous with her name. ‘Thatcherism’ and ‘Thatcherite’ became part of the language, referring to her own brand of aggressive ‘conviction’ politics which rejected the broad consensus (characteristic of British attitudes since World War II), promoting instead the free play of market forces and dismantling of the restrictive practices of the trade unions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Clare Beckett lectures in social policy at the University of Bradford, where she is the Director of Postgraduate Gender Studies in the Department of Social Sciences and Humanities. She has written several academic studies in the area of sexuality and identity and on social policy and communities including Race, Gender and Sexuality: The Oppression of Multiculturalism (2001).