Power and Political Economy from Thatcher to Blair: The Great Enemy of Democracy?

This book investigates the policies of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments and their approaches towards concentration of economic and political power.

The 1979–2007 British governments have variously been described as liberal or, to use a political insult and a favourite academic label, neoliberal. One of the stated objectives of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments—albeit with differing focal points—was to disperse power and to empower the individual. This was also a consistent ...