I: Identifying Thatcherism; 1: A Bundle of Attributes; 2: The Vigorous Virtues; 3: The Historical Setting: The Conservative Party and the State of Britain; II: Thatcherism in Practice; 4: The Importance of Being an Owner; 5: Thatcherite Economics: An Attitude Not a Policy; 6: Goodbye To Social Contracts; 7: The Illusion of Local Government; 8: Invalids or Consumers?; 9: Education: Thatcher versus Bismarck?; 10: We British; III: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes; 11: The Response to Thatcherism; 12: A British Individualism
Shirley Robin Letwin writes and lec-tures on political philosophy. Apart from her books, she has published numerous essays in scholarly journals .and has contributed political commentaries to periodicals and newspapers. She has taught at Cambridge University, the London School of Economics, Harvard, Bran-dels, Cornell, and the University of Chicago. She has been a Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of the Radcliffe Institute. She is currently President of the Instltut International de Philosphie Politlque.
-Letwin does a superb job of describing Thatcherism's moral
aspirations, which is where politics get forged...the beauty of the
book is the way it connects policy details to fundamental
philosophy and shows how the latter drives the former.- --David
Brooks, Wall Street Journal -Letwin writes about Thatcherism in
ways untypical of most political scientists. She presents her
understand-ing of the underlying purposes of Thatcherism and then
clearly analyzes the policies of Prime Minister Thatcher's
governments of 1979-90 to illustrate how those pur-poses were
pursued.- --Leon D. Epstein, Political Science Quarterly -A
refreshingly novel, and at times insightful analysis of the essence
of Thatcherism--as a moral, rather than economic, response to the
conditions of 20th-century Britain.- --J.B. Freyman, Choice -A
felicitously written, thoughtful study that illuminates what she
terms 'the bundle of attributes' that make up Thatcherism.- --Irwin
M. Selzer, National Interest -An Anatomy of Thatcherism is
distinguished from virtu-ally every other book on current politics
by its philosophi-cal sophistication. It is this which allows Mrs.
Letwin to explain how Thatcherism (and Conservatism in general) can
be coherent without being theoretical.- --Kenneth Minogue, National
Review
-This is a subtle and penetrating study of a most complex
phenomenon- --Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph -Mrs.
Thatcher had a certain idea of the British--an idea which came to
be known as Thatcherism. This idea is the subject of Shirley
Letwin's thought-provoking book. Seldom have an author and a
subject been better matched. . . . This magisterial study (Is) by
far the best yet written . . .- --Peregrine Worsthorne, The
Spectator -Letwln argues that Thatcherite policies, successful or
not, aimed to revive Britain by restoring the -vigorous virtues-
being upright, self-sufficient, energetic, adventurous,
independent-minded. . . . The book is not meant to defend
Thatcherism, but to explain what it was about.- --Minett Martin,
The Sunday Telegraph -For the first time in history, a British
prime minister's name became an -ism---a symbol of profound social
change. Just what the change encompassed is the subject of this
lengthy and detailed study of Britain under Thatcher.- --Ronan
Sheehan, The Irish Press -Her definitions and distinctions are
wonderfully nice and precise, often arresting, demanding thought
before being accented. Her book cannot have been easy to create. It
cannot be read with the brain in neutral. It will none the less, be
Indispensable to all who seek to understand our recent history,
which Thatcherism shaped.- --Colin Welch, The Times
"Letwin does a superb job of describing Thatcherism's moral
aspirations, which is where politics get forged...the beauty of the
book is the way it connects policy details to fundamental
philosophy and shows how the latter drives the former." --David
Brooks, Wall Street Journal "Letwin writes about Thatcherism in
ways untypical of most political scientists. She presents her
understand-ing of the underlying purposes of Thatcherism and then
clearly analyzes the policies of Prime Minister Thatcher's
governments of 1979-90 to illustrate how those pur-poses were
pursued." --Leon D. Epstein, Political Science Quarterly "A
refreshingly novel, and at times insightful analysis of the essence
of Thatcherism--as a moral, rather than economic, response to the
conditions of 20th-century Britain." --J.B. Freyman, Choice "A
felicitously written, thoughtful study that illuminates what she
terms 'the bundle of attributes' that make up Thatcherism." --Irwin
M. Selzer, National Interest "An Anatomy of Thatcherism is
distinguished from virtu-ally every other book on current politics
by its philosophi-cal sophistication. It is this which allows Mrs.
Letwin to explain how Thatcherism (and Conservatism in general) can
be coherent without being theoretical." --Kenneth Minogue, National
Review
"This is a subtle and penetrating study of a most complex
phenomenon" --Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph "Mrs.
Thatcher had a certain idea of the British--an idea which came to
be known as Thatcherism. This idea is the subject of Shirley
Letwin's thought-provoking book. Seldom have an author and a
subject been better matched. . . . This magisterial study (Is) by
far the best yet written . . ." --Peregrine Worsthorne, The
Spectator "Letwln argues that Thatcherite policies, successful or
not, aimed to revive Britain by restoring the "vigorous virtues"
being upright, self-sufficient, energetic, adventurous,
independent-minded. . . . The book is not meant to defend
Thatcherism, but to explain what it was about." --Minett Martin,
The Sunday Telegraph "For the first time in history, a British
prime minister's name became an "ism"--a symbol of profound social
change. Just what the change encompassed is the subject of this
lengthy and detailed study of Britain under Thatcher." --Ronan
Sheehan, The Irish Press "Her definitions and distinctions are
wonderfully nice and precise, often arresting, demanding thought
before being accented. Her book cannot have been easy to create. It
cannot be read with the brain in neutral. It will none the less, be
Indispensable to all who seek to understand our recent history,
which Thatcherism shaped." --Colin Welch, The Times
"Letwin does a superb job of describing Thatcherism's moral
aspirations, which is where politics get forged...the beauty of the
book is the way it connects policy details to fundamental
philosophy and shows how the latter drives the former." "--"David
Brooks," Wall Street Journal" "Letwin writes about Thatcherism in
ways untypical of most political scientists. She presents her
understand-ing of the underlying purposes of Thatcherism and then
clearly analyzes the policies of Prime Minister Thatcher's
governments of 1979-90 to illustrate how those pur-poses were
pursued." --Leon D. Epstein, Political Science Quarterly "A
refreshingly novel, and at times insightful analysis of the essence
of Thatcherism--as a moral, rather than economic, response to the
conditions of 20th-century Britain." --J.B. Freyman, Choice "A
felicitously written, thoughtful study that illuminates what she
terms 'the bundle of attributes' that make up Thatcherism." --Irwin
M. Selzer, National Interest "An Anatomy of Thatcherism is
distinguished from virtu-ally every other book on current politics
by its philosophi-cal sophistication. It is this which allows Mrs.
Letwin to explain how Thatcherism (and Conservatism in general) can
be coherent without being theoretical." --Kenneth Minogue, National
Review
"This is a subtle and penetrating study of a most complex
phenomenon" --Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph "Mrs.
Thatcher had a certain idea of the British--an idea which came to
be known as Thatcherism. This idea is the subject of Shirley
Letwin's thought-provoking book. Seldom have an author and a
subject been better matched. . . . This magisterial study (Is) by
far the best yet written . . ." --Peregrine Worsthorne, The
Spectator "Letwln argues that Thatcherite policies, successful or
not, aimed to revive Britain by restoring the "vigorous virtues"
being upright, self-sufficient, energetic, adventurous,
independent-minded. . . . The book is not meant to defend
Thatcherism, but to explain what it was about." --Minett Martin,
The Sunday Telegraph "For the first time in history, a British
prime minister's name became an "ism"--a symbol of profound social
change. Just what the change encompassed is the subject of this
lengthy and detailed study of Britain under Thatcher." --Ronan
Sheehan, The Irish Press "Her definitions and distinctions are
wonderfully nice and precise, often arresting, demanding thought
before being accented. Her book cannot have been easy to create. It
cannot be read with the brain in neutral. It will none the less, be
Indispensable to all who seek to understand our recent history,
which Thatcherism shaped." --Colin Welch, The Times
"Letwin does a superb job of describing Thatcherism's moral
aspirations, which is where politics get forged...the beauty of the
book is the way it connects policy details to fundamental
philosophy and shows how the latter drives the former.""--"David
Brooks", Wall Street Journal"
"This is a subtle and penetrating study of a most complex
phenomenon"--Conor Cruise O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph"Mrs.
Thatcher had a certain idea of the British--an idea which came to
be known as Thatcherism. This idea is the subject of Shirley
Letwin's thought-provoking book. Seldom have an author and a
subject been better matched. . . . This magisterial study (Is) by
far the best yet written . . ."--Peregrine Worsthorne, The
Spectator"Letwln argues that Thatcherite policies, successful or
not, aimed to revive Britain by restoring the "vigorous virtues"
being upright, self-sufficient, energetic, adventurous,
independent-minded. . . . The book is not meant to defend
Thatcherism, but to explain what it was about."--Minett Martin, The
Sunday Telegraph"For the first time in history, a British prime
minister's name became an "ism"--a symbol of profound social
change. Just what the change encompassed is the subject of this
lengthy and detailed study of Britain under Thatcher."--Ronan
Sheehan, The Irish Press"Her definitions and distinctions are
wonderfully nice and precise, often arresting, demanding thought
before being accented. Her book cannot have been easy to create. It
cannot be read with the brain in neutral. It will none the less, be
Indispensable to all who seek to understand our recent history,
which Thatcherism shaped."--Colin Welch, The Times
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