Modern Britain Since 1979: A Reader

ISBN-13: 9781350178571 / Angielski

Keith Laybourn; Christine F. Collette

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Preface and Acknowledgements vii List of Abbreviations xi Introduction 1 Chapter 1 Thatcher, Thatcher's Britain and Thatcherism: Government and Conservative Politics, 1979-2002 5 Chapter 2 The Welfare State, 1979-2002 28 Chapter 3 The Attack upon Trade Unionism, 1979-2002 68 Chapter 4 The Fall of the 'Old' and the Rise of 'New' Labour 91 Chapter 5 The Social Democratic Party, the Liberals and the Liberal Democrats 122 Chapter 6 The Rise of Nationalism in Scotland and Wales 144 Chapter 7 Eurocommunism, the End of the Cold War and the Collapse of the Communist Party of Great Britain 183 Chapter 8 Feminist Debates and the Changing Position of Women in British Society 208 Chapter 9 Ethnicity and Racial Equality 245 Chapter 10 Northern Ireland 287 Bibliography 312 Index 316