Evaluating Thatcher
Sceptical versus Synthetic Approaches
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6353197 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremy Moon (0000-0002-0848-6274) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 43-49 |
| Publication date | 1994-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3268 • E-ISSN: 1467-9256 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9256.1994.tb00116.x |
| OpenAlex | W2111549133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 10 |
Sceptical approaches to the Thatcher governments provide a useful corrective to exaggerated accounts of their impacts. In particular they point to dependencies in policy-making and implementation. However, evaluating Thatcher via comparison with other post-war UK governments questions excessive scepticism. It suggests that Thatcher's governments have made more of a difference than most of their predecessors. In contrast with sceptical views, synthetic views see the significance of the Thatcher governments as more than the sum of their parts. They identify dynamic qualities in the Thatcher governments' approach to policy change, particularly regarding ‘policy learning’ and ‘rolling agendas
Contrast (vision · Economics · Epistemology · Policy learning · Political economy · Political science · Positive economics · Skepticism · Computer Science · Philosophy · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.16 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2001 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |