Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)

Mark Garnett (ed.), Conservative Moments: Reading Conservative Texts, London: Bloomsbury, 127-136

2018

Themes: Conservatism, Conservative Party

Category: Book chapter, Open access, Peer reviewed

This chapter explores three questions. First, what is the nature of Thatcher’s political philosophy, and in particular the uncompromising statement that ‘there is no such thing as society’? Second, can we judge whether her policies in office were consistent with a tenable understanding of conservatism? Third, can we trace some of the antecedents of her thinking, and place her, tentatively at least, within a tradition?

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