The Major premiership : politics and policies under John Major, 1990-97 / edited by Peter Dorey.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dorey, Peter, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Major, John, 1943-.

Major, John.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-1997.

Great Britain.

Politics and government.

Conservative Party (Great Britain).

Physical Description:

xvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houdmills, [England] : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book examines how and why John Major's governments from 1990-1997 sought to reform the civil service, local government, education, social security, and industrial relations, and the extent to which such reforms constituted a continuation of Thatcherism.

Contents:

Introduction: John Major - 'One of Us'? xiii

1 Chaos or Cohesion? Major and the Parliamentary Conservative Party / Philip Cowley 1

2 A Permanent Revolution in Whitehall: the Major Governments and the Civil Service / Kevin Theakston 26

3 Centralisation and Fragmentation: John Major and the Reform of Local Government / John Kingdom 45

4 Renewed Consultation or Continued Exclusion? Organised Interests and the Major Governments / Rob Baggott, Victoria McGregor-Riley 68

5 Strategic Errors and/or Structural Binds? Major and European Integration / Daniel Wincott, Jim Buller, Colin Hay 87

6 Renewed Hope for Peace? John Major and Northern Ireland / Christopher Norton 108

7 Devout Defender of the Union: John Major and Devolution / J. Barry Jones 126

8 The 3 Rs - Reform, Reproach and Rancour: Education Policies under John Major / Peter Dorey 146

9 Rolling Back the (Welfare) State: the Major Governments and Social Security Reform / Michael Hill 165

10 No Return to 'Beer and Sandwiches': Industrial Relations and Employment Policies under John Major / Peter Dorey 179

11 The Limits of Likeability: the Major Premiership and Public Opinion / David Broughton 199

12 Despair and Disillusion Abound: the Major Premiership in Perspective / Peter Dorey 218.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-268) and index.

ISBN:

0333736818

0312218397

OCLC:

39654812