Losing the Discursive Battle but Winning the Ideological War
Who Holds Thatcherite Values Now
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10382012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Farrall (0000-0001-9783-4447, University of Derby, corresponding author), Emily Gray (0000-0003-2240-2783, University of Derby), Phil Jones (0000-0001-5173-3245, University of Derby), Phil Mike Jones (University of Derby), Cameron Hay (0000-0001-6327-6547, Sciences Po, Centre d’etudes europennes et de politique comparee, Paris, France) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 757-779 |
| Publication date | 2021-02-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3217 • E-ISSN: 1467-9248 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0032321720986701 |
| OpenAlex | W3128734100 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
In what ways, if at all, do past ideologies shape the values of subsequent generations of citizens? Are public attitudes in one period shaped by the discourses and constructions of an earlier generation of political leaders? Using Thatcherism – one variant of the political New Right of the 1980s – as the object of our enquiries, this article explores the extent to which an attitudinal legacy is detectable among the citizens of the UK some 40 years after Margaret Thatcher first became Prime Minister. Our article, drawing on survey data collected in early 2019 (n = 5781), finds that younger generations express and seemingly embrace key tenets of her and her governments’ philosophies. Yet at the same time, they are keen to describe her government’s policies as having ‘gone too far’. Our contribution throws further light on the complex and often covert character of attitudinal legacies. One reading of the data suggests that younger generations do not attribute the broadly Thatcherite values that they hold to Thatcher or Thatcherism since they were socialised politically after such values had become normalised
Battle · Character (mathematics · Civil servants · Covert · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Linguistics · Media studies · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Prime minister · Sociology · Thatcherism · History · Law · Philosophy · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |