The Thatcherite offensive : : a neo-Poulantzasian analysis / / by Alexander Gallas.

In The Thatcherite Offensive , Alexander Gallas provides a class-centred political analysis of Thatcherism. Drawing upon Greek state theorist Nicos Poulantzas, he challenges both mainstream and critical accounts of British politics in the 1980s and 90s. He shows that Thatcherism’s sucess and novelty...

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Superior document:Historical Materialism Book Series, Volume 107
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachussetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Historical materialism book series ; Volume 107.
Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • 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)
  • Material Gains: Conducting Class Politics by Stealth (1979–84)
  • Instability and Confrontation (1984–8)
  • Stabilisation: Entrenching the Advance (1988–92)
  • Erosion: Losing Control (1992–9)
  • The Consequences of Thatcherism
  • New Labour and the Thatcherite Legacy
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.