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Covering the period from Ted Heath's assumption of the leadership of the Conservative Party through to the early years of the Coalition, this volume provide a detailed analysis of the Tory Party's Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Policy-Making over the past 50 years providing an historical...
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| Language: | English |
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Central government
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> c 1980 to c 1990
> c 1990 to c 2000
> c 2000 to c 2010
> United Kingdom, Great Britain
Political parties
> c 1970 to c 1980
> c 1980 to c 1990
> c 1990 to c 2000
> c 2000 to c 2010
> United Kingdom, Great Britain
Comparative politics
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> c 1980 to c 1990
> c 1990 to c 2000
> c 2000 to c 2010
> United Kingdom, Great Britain
Political ideologies
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Covering the period from Ted Heath's assumption of the leadership of the Conservative Party through to the early years of the Coalition, this volume provide a detailed analysis of the Tory Party's Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Policy-Making over the past 50 years providing an historical context for the political and economic events of today. The book's strength lies in its meticulous examination of original documents in the Conservative Party and National Archives, in the extensive range of interviews with key players and in its demonstration that policy-making has implicitly drawn on the twin strands of Tory paternalism and Whig liberalism. Sir Douglas Wass, Former Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury. Richard Wade has produced a definitive study of economic policy-making in the Conservative party from Edward Heath' premiership to the fall of John Major's government in 1997. The analysis provides a comprehensive analysis of what |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9781137295231, 2013. |
| Carrier Form: | 224 p. |
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9781137295231 9781137295248 : 1137295244 : |
| CLC: | D756.164 |
| Contents: | Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Conservatism, the Conservative Party and Political Economy 2. The Conservative Party and its Microeconomic Polices, 1964-97 3. The Conservative Party and the Labour Market, 1964-97 4. The Conservative Party and its Macroeconomic Policies, 1964-97 5. The Conservative Party and the Economy since 1997 6. Conclusions List of Sources Index. |