Power and Political Economy from Thatcher to Blair - 9780367714291

Taylor & Francis

Power and Political Economy from Thatcher to BlairThe Great Enemy of Democracy?\nAuthor(s): Robert Ledger\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367714291, 978-0367714291\nSynopsis\nThis book investigates the policies of the Thatcher, Major and Blair governments and their approaches towards concentration of economic and political power. \n\nThe [tel] 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 governmentsalbeit with differing focal pointswas to disperse power and to empower the individual. This was also a consistent theme of the first generation of neoliberals, who saw monopolies, vested interests and concentration more generally as the great enemy of democracy. Under Thatcher and Major, Conservatives sought to liberalize the economy and spread ownership through polic.