Paradoxes of Power - Reflections on the Thatcher Interlude

Born in 1919 in Londons East End, until 1948 Sherman was a Communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War. But he ended up an indefatigable free-market crusader. The book describes his early relationship with Sir Keith Joseph and his own role in the formation of the Centre for Policy Studies in 1974. Sherman examines the origins and development of Thatcherism, but concludes that the Conservative administrations of the 1980s were, primarily, an interlude and that the post-war consensus remains largely unscathed - we are back where we started.

List of contents

Preface, by Norman Tebbit Editor's Foreword, by Mark Garnett Introduction 1: The Outsider Inside 2: Keith Joseph and the Centre for Policy Studies 3: Margaret Thatcher's Inheritance 4: Mrs Thatcher in Opposition, 1975-9 5: The First Thatcher Government, 1979-83 6: The Long Haul, 1983-90 7: The Legacies Appendix: Speech by Sir Keith Joseph at Upminster, June 22 1974 Bibliography Index

About the author

Sir Alfred Sherman was born in 1919 in London's East End. Until 1948 he was a Communist and fought in the Spanish Civil War, but he has ended up an indefatigable free-market crusader.

Product details

• Authors: Alfred Sherman
• Assisted by: Mark Garnett (Editor)
• Publisher: Imprint Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2007
• EAN: 9781845400927
• ISBN: 978-1-84540-092-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 300 g
• Series: Societas
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education