The unfinished business of Thatcherism Book

	List of Tables	xiii
	List of Abbreviations	xv
	Preface and Acknowledgments	xvii
	Introduction	xix
Part I	The Enterprise Culture and British Cultures
Chapter 1	Decline and Ideology: Thatcherite Analysis and Prescription	1
	Introduction	1
	Ideology and Culture	2
	Decline	6
	Thatcherite Analysis	9
	A Very Important Sub-Theme	14
Chapter 2	Hegemony and Consensus	23
	Introduction	23
	Characteristics of the Gentlemanly Culture	24
	Way of Life	25
	Ideology	30
	Effects on Parties and Political Actors	31
	Conservative Party	32
	Labour Party	41
	Consensus	47
	Corporatism	47
	The Civil Service	50
	Secrecy	52
Chapter 3	Manufacturing Tradition: Prostrate at the Feet of Feudalism	61
	Introduction	61
	The Rise of the Business Classes	62
	Gentlemanly Transition	64
	Education and the Practical Man	66
	Resistance to Competitive Capitalism	69
	Conservatism	72
	Style, Authority, and Organizational Culture	74
	Comparison with the United States	76
Chapter 4	The Community of Practical Men	85
	Introduction	85
	Ideological Development	86
	Culture and Community	89
	Practical Men, Education, and Automation	90
	Unions and Management	95
	Fragmentation and Competition	95
	Strikes and the Work Ethic	97
	Joint Participation	102
	Individualism, Community, and Laissez-Faire	106
Part II	Thatcherism and the Values of Capitalism and Modernity
Chapter 5	Belief and Facticity	115
	Introduction	115
	Problems of Evaluating Micro-Economic Agenda	118
	The Contemporary Conventional Wisdom	121
	Another Analysis	130
Chapter 6	State Geese are not Great Layers: Policies Increasing Private Ownership	133
	Introduction	133
	Privatization and Ownership Policies	135
	Rationale	135
	Long-Standing Opposition to Nationalization	137
	Privatization of State-Owned Firms	142
	Extending Ownership	145
	Reducing Governmental Intrusion	150
	Social Welfare	153
Chapter 7	The New Economic Landscape: Opinion, Property, and Pocketbooks	161
	Introduction	161
	Privatization of Industry	162
	Privatization of Public Housing	165
	Removing the State	167
	Regulation	167
	Wage and Price Control	169
	Job Creation	171
	Subsidization	172
	Social Welfare and Redistribution	174
	Increased Spending	174
	Use Other Peoples' Taxes	177
Chapter 8	Knowing the Value of Everything and the Price of Nothing: Attitudes to profit and Consumption	189
	Introduction	189
	Devaluing Money	191
	Valuing Money	197
	Thatcherism, Prosperity and Consumption	202
Chapter 9	The Love That Dares not Speak its Name: Money-Lust and the British
	Introduction	211
	Commerce and Consumption	212
	Roman Empire to Middle Ages	212
	Tudor Era to Restoration	215
	House of Hanover to Victorian Era	220
	Twentieth Century	230
Chapter 10	Rivulets of Change and the Riptide of Tradition	239
	Introduction	239
	Deficiencies in Schools	241
	General Achievement	241
	Vocational Training	241
	Deficiencies in Professional Expertise	242
	Science and Engineering	242
	Business Management	244
	Civil Service	246
	Schools Reform	247
	General Achievement	247
	Vocational Training	251
	Reforms for Professional Proficiency	257
	Science and Engineering	258
	Business Management	262
	Civil Service	266
Chapter 11	Thatcherism at Work	279
	Introduction	279
	The Hardworking British	281
	Survey Evidence	281
	The Not So Hardworking British	286
	Non-Survey Evidence	286
	Survey Evidence	290
	Workplace Relations and Productivity	295
	A Common Purpose	301
Chapter 12	Conclusion: The Lady was not A Gentleman	313
	Introduction	313
	The Barbs of Social Class	314
	The Thatcherite Response	318
	The Gentlemen Remain	320
	A Political Traditionalist and Economic Radical	324
	A Cavalier with Roundhead Sympathies	329
	Select Bibliography	335
	Index	347