The ‘New Right’ and its legacy for British conservatism

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ID6292849
AuthorsBen William (0000-0002-3470-3199), Ben Williams (0000-0001-8259-492X, University of Salford, Salford, UK, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume29
Issue1
Pages121-144
Publication date2024-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Political Ideologies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-9317 • E-ISSN: 1469-9613
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13569317.2021.1979139
OpenAlexW3199080568
LanguageEN
Citations received5

New Right theories have had a major impact on British politics since the emergence of Thatcherism and the end of the so-called ‘years of consensus’ in the mid-1970s. In radically rejecting the conventions of postwar politics in terms of the management of both economic and social policies, the ideas of the New Right initially came to significantly shape the policies of the Thatcher government (1979–90), and indeed have continued to wield influence over other administrations in subsequent years. However, to what degree this influence has been retained as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century is a matter of conjecture, specifically in the wake of Conservative Party ‘modernization’, as well as the advent of major crises such as the 2007/8 economic crash and the Covid-19 pandemic. Within this context, this article seeks to assess and analyse the ongoing legacy of the New Right and its impact on British Conservatism over this sustained historical period

Conservatism · Conservative government · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Modernization theory · New Right · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Thatcherism · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration

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