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Definition of Thatcherism
1. Noun. (England) the political policy of Margaret Thatcher.
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Thatcherism
1. Proper noun. The political ideology attributed to the governments of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (1979-1990), characterised by, among other things, a free market economy, privatisation and low taxation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thatcherism
Literary usage of Thatcherism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. After Social Democracy: Politics, Capitalism and the Common Life by John Gray (1996)
"In many respects, thatcherism was a self-undermining project. ... thatcherism could
not act as an instrument of social mobility for its initial supporters ..."
2. Basildon: The Mood of the Nation by Dennis Hayes, Alan Hudson (2001)
"During the long reign of thatcherism, the constituency took on, through the media
prism, the personality of its outspoken Thatcherite MP David Amess, ..."
3. On the Right Lines: The Next Centre-right in the British Isles by Perri 6 (1998)
"thatcherism in one country' was as absurd and self-contradictory an ambition ...
The analogy was often drawn by those who imagined that thatcherism in one ..."
4. The Protest Ethic: How the Anti-Globalisation Movement Challenges Social by John Lloyd (2001)
"Though the harder edge of neoliberal Reaganism and thatcherism has been softened,
whether by their successors on the centre-right or by administrations of ..."
5. Conflict and Growth in Africa by Jean-Paul Azam, Christian Morrisson, Sophie Chauvin, Sandrine Rospabé (1999)
"The abrupt reduction of public expenditure and measures reducing the benefits of
civil servants are reminiscent of thatcherism ..."
6. Season of Hope: Economic Reform Under Mandela And Mbeki by Alan Hirsch (2005)
"Influenced by thatcherism, the government began to consider the virtues of
privatisation, deregulation and small business development - small businesses ..."
7. Governments & Corporations in a Shrinking World: Trade & Innovation Policies by Sylvia Ostry (1990)
"... "nightwatchman" of Adam Smith, to the "nanny" of the postwar cradle-to-grave
welfare state, to the "nemesis" of Ronald thatcherism in the 1980s. ..."
8. Dealignment: A New Foreign Policy Perspective by Mary Kaldor, Richard A. Falk, Gerard Holden (1987)
"In Europe there has occurred a complex interaction between different
national 'projects' (right- and left-wing Gaullism in France, thatcherism in Britain, ..."
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