Stephen Farrall, Colin Hay

Broschiertes Buch

The Legacy of Thatcherism

Assessing and Exploring Thatcherite Social and Economic Policies

Herausgeber: Farrall, Stephen; Hay, Colin

Beschreibung

Examining the policies of the Thatcher governments helps us understand the economic and social conditions in Britain today. The book explores Thatcherite policies on the economy, social welfare, housing, education, crime, families, and social inequality, and examines what can be said about the legacy of Thatcherism for the 21st century.

Autor

Stephen Farrall is Professor of Criminology and Director of the Centre for Criminological Research at the University of Sheffield. Previous monographs of his include: Godfrey, B., Cox, D. and Farrall, S. (2011) Serious Criminals: A Historical Study of Habitual Criminals, Clarendon Studies in Criminology, Oxford University Press and Farrall, S., Jackson, J. and Gray, E. (2009) Social Order and the Fear of Crime in Contemporary Times, Clarendon Studies in Criminology, Oxford University Press. He is currently continuing to research the Thatcherite influence on crime with Will Jennings, Colin Hay and Emily Gray (funded by the ESRC). Colin Hay is Professor of Government and Comparative Public Policy at Sciences Po, Paris and an Affiliate Professor of Political Analysis at the University of Sheffield where he co-founded the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute. He is the author of a number of books including, most recently, The Failure of Anglo-Liberal Capitalism (Palgrave 2013) and The Political Economy of European Welfare Capitalism (Palgrave 2012, with Daniel Wincott). He is editor or co-editor of the journals New Political Economy, Comparative European Politics and British Politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Liverpool University Press
• Seitenzahl: 260
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780197265703
• ISBN-10: 0197265707
• Artikelnr.: 40137891