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Thatcherism and Brexit as Political Projects
In: The political quarterly, Volume 92, Issue 3, p. 428-435
ISSN: 1467-923X
AbstractThatcherism was a very astute political project from the beginning—monetarism removed the need to do deals with trade unions in order to manage the economy and thus resolved the political problem which had dogged Conservatives through the 1970s. Andrew Gamble is right to identify a free economy and a strong state as complementary political principles—a credible economic policy was key to the difference between the Falklands and Suez. Now, the Conservative Party has once again shown its agility in responding to economic discontent by becoming a party of Brexit and assembling an election winning coalition of the excluded and the insulated. Age has replaced class as the crucial political divide. A political party can focus on older voters provided that it continues to recruit new voters as they go through the life cycle. But it is risky if it is actually an appeal to an ageing cohort of voters without recruiting from succeeding generations. The Conservative Party needs to appeal to younger voters, and offering the prospect of property ownership would be one way to do this. A belief in fairness between the generations unites different age groups
Patricia Lança. Breaking the Social Contract: The Pinch, How the baby boomers took their children's future and how they should give it back
In: The Salisbury review: a quarterly magazine of conservative thought, Volume 29, Issue 1, p. 40-42
ISSN: 0265-4881
Modern Conservatism
In: The political quarterly, Volume 80, Issue s1
ISSN: 1467-923X
Modern Conservatism
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Volume 80, Issue 1, p. S224
ISSN: 0032-3179
Review: Over to You, Mr Brown
In: Political studies review, Volume 6, Issue 3, p. 277-284
ISSN: 1478-9302
England and Britain, Europe and the Anglosphere
In: The political quarterly, Volume 78, Issue s1, p. 54-61
ISSN: 1467-923X
Social justice across the generations
In: Benefits: A Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, Volume 15, Issue 2, p. 163-169
ISSN: 1759-8281
A neglected aspect of social justice is fairness between successive generations. This article argues that the large generation born immediately after World War Two (the 'baby boomers') have benefited from a favourable macro-economic environment throughout their lives, while the relatively small generation following them will bear the brunt of paying for the pensions and healthcare of their predecessors. Such extreme differences in the benefits and burdens of different generations over their life cycles may need to be ameliorated in order to avoid a breakdown in the informal intergenerational social contract, which has sustained support for the welfare state over several decades.
The Future of Meritocracy
In: The political quarterly, Volume 77, Issue s1, p. 237-243
ISSN: 1467-923X
Conservative Renewal
In: The political quarterly, Volume 69, Issue 2, p. 110-117
ISSN: 1467-923X
Conservative Renewal
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Volume 69, Issue 2, p. 110-117
ISSN: 0032-3179
Conservative renewal
In: The political quarterly: PQ, Volume 69, p. 110-117
ISSN: 0032-3179
Prospects for the Conservative (Tory) Party following its May 1, 1997 election defeat by Tony Blair and the Labour Party; Great Britain.