Neoliberal Revolution? - Thatcherism and the Reform of British Pensions

A neoliberal revolution? examines the Thatcher government's attempt to privatise and individualise Britain's pension system, thereby transforming workers into risk-taking savers with a stake in capitalism. The book explains why this revolution failed and charts the malign legacy left by the evolutionary reforms which ministers salvaged from it.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Lawrence Black is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Durham University

Zusammenfassung

A neoliberal revolution? examines the Thatcher government’s attempt to privatise and individualise Britain’s pension system, thereby transforming workers into risk-taking savers with a stake in capitalism. The book explains why this revolution failed and charts the malign legacy left by the evolutionary reforms which ministers salvaged from it. -- .

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Aled Davies, Dr Aled (Career Development Fellow in Mode Davies, Dr Aled (Career Development Fellow in Modern History Davies, Dr James (Lecturer in Digital Humanities Freeman, James Freeman, Hugh Pemberton, Hugh Freeman Pemberton, Pemberton Hugh
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.07.2024
• EAN: 9781526146526
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4652-6
• Seiten: 416
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; Pensions, Business & Economics / Investments & Securities / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Welfare economics, c 1970 to c 1980, c 1980 to c 1989, Central / national / federal government, Central government