Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan - A Very Political Special Relationship

Informationen zum Autor JAMES COOPER completed his PhD at Aberystwyth University, UK, in 2010, and then became Lecturer in Modern History at the same institution. During the 2012/13 academic year he will be the Fulbright-Robertson Visiting Professor of British History at Westminster College, Missouri, in the United States. Klappentext A new exploration of the relationship between the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan administrations in domestic policy. Using recently released documentary material and extensive research interviews, James Cooper demonstrates how specific policy transfer between these 'political soul mates' was more limited than is typically assumed. Zusammenfassung A new exploration of the relationship between the Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan administrations in domestic policy. Using recently released documentary material and extensive research interviews, James Cooper demonstrates how specific policy transfer between these 'political soul mates' was more limited than is typically assumed. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: MONETARY POLICY Origins and Implementation From Prescribed Policy to Pragmatism PART II: TAXATION Origins and First Term Cuts Second Term Cuts and Policy Transfer PART III: TRADE (LABOUR) UNIONS, PRIVATISATION AND DEREGULATION Trade (Labour) Unions Privatisation and Deregulation Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Interviewee biographies

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Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: MONETARY POLICY Origins and Implementation From Prescribed Policy to Pragmatism PART II: TAXATION Origins and First Term Cuts Second Term Cuts and Policy Transfer PART III: TRADE (LABOUR) UNIONS, PRIVATISATION AND DEREGULATION Trade (Labour) Unions Privatisation and Deregulation Conclusion Bibliography Appendices Interviewee biographies

Product details

• Authors: J Cooper, J. Cooper
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349338474
• ISBN: 978-1-349-33847-4
• No. of pages: 271
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; B, History, History: specific events & topics, European History, International Relations, Political History, History of the Americas, World Politics, History, Modern, Palgrave History Collection, Modern History, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, America—History, United States—History, US History, domestic policy;Ronald Reagan;Thatcher