Thatcherism
View article: Entstehung einer ikonischen französischen Kriminalroman-Reihe: Eine kontrastive Analyse der Le Masque-Romane 1950-2000 nach französischem und englischem Ursprung
Entstehung einer ikonischen französischen Kriminalroman-Reihe: Eine kontrastive Analyse der Le Masque-Romane 1950-2000 nach französischem und englischem Ursprung Open
Slides zum Vortrag am 27.11.2025 an der Universität Rostock im Rahmen des Workshops "Digitale Gattungshermeneutik II: Gattungen in Kontexten", organisiert von Ulrike Henny-Krahmer und Julian Schröter.
View article: Entstehung einer ikonischen französischen Kriminalroman-Reihe: Eine kontrastive Analyse der Le Masque-Romane 1950-2000 nach französischem und englischem Ursprung
Entstehung einer ikonischen französischen Kriminalroman-Reihe: Eine kontrastive Analyse der Le Masque-Romane 1950-2000 nach französischem und englischem Ursprung Open
Slides zum Vortrag am 27.11.2025 an der Universität Rostock im Rahmen des Workshops "Digitale Gattungshermeneutik II: Gattungen in Kontexten", organisiert von Ulrike Henny-Krahmer und Julian Schröter.
View article: The Sepoy Mutiny and the Remaking of Empire: Reassessing Collaboration, Resistance, and the Consolidation of the British Raj
The Sepoy Mutiny and the Remaking of Empire: Reassessing Collaboration, Resistance, and the Consolidation of the British Raj Open
This paper examines the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, not merely as a military uprising, but as a pivotal moment that reshaped the relationship between the British colonial power and the Indian populace. It moves beyond traditional narratives of r…
View article: The Sepoy Mutiny and the Remaking of Empire: Reassessing Collaboration, Resistance, and the Consolidation of the British Raj
The Sepoy Mutiny and the Remaking of Empire: Reassessing Collaboration, Resistance, and the Consolidation of the British Raj Open
This paper examines the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857, not merely as a military uprising, but as a pivotal moment that reshaped the relationship between the British colonial power and the Indian populace. It moves beyond traditional narratives of r…
View article: Integral Federalism and Degrowth: Comparative Perspectives on Regionalization and Localization
Integral Federalism and Degrowth: Comparative Perspectives on Regionalization and Localization Open
Integral federalism and degrowth are two currents of thought that share remarkable intersections. This study explores their similarities and differences concerning regionalism and localization. On one hand, the emphasis on regions within i…
View article: Against Thatcherite linguistics: Rule-following, speech communities, and biolanguage
Against Thatcherite linguistics: Rule-following, speech communities, and biolanguage Open
According to Chomsky and his followers, language as a biological phenomenon is a property of individual minds and brains; its status as a social phenomenon is merely epiphenomenal, and not a proper object of scientific study. On a rival vi…
View article: The contradictions of Thatcherism? Violence, money and labour in the reassertion of capital in 1980s Britain
The contradictions of Thatcherism? Violence, money and labour in the reassertion of capital in 1980s Britain Open
The political programme of Thatcherism has been the subject of widespread analysis and debate. Key differences within the literature have focused on Thatcherism understood as a set of policies and ideas, a process of hegemony-building, an …
View article: "This island's mine": Imagining Alternatives to Thatcherism through Ghosting in Derek Jarman's The Tempest (1979)
"This island's mine": Imagining Alternatives to Thatcherism through Ghosting in Derek Jarman's The Tempest (1979) Open
View article: The Legacy of Thatcherism: Educational Inequalities and Family Capital in Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me
The Legacy of Thatcherism: Educational Inequalities and Family Capital in Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me Open
In Ian McEwan's acclaimed science fiction novel Machines Like Me, most critics focus on the ethical anxieties surrounding human characters and artificial intelligence interactions. However, these studies often overlook the novel’s potentia…
View article: Soziometrisch erfasste soziale Beziehungen und die selbsteingeschätzte soziale Integration im gemeinsamen Unterricht an Sekundarschulen
Soziometrisch erfasste soziale Beziehungen und die selbsteingeschätzte soziale Integration im gemeinsamen Unterricht an Sekundarschulen Open
Schüler*innen mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf (SPF) werden zunehmend an allgemeinen Schulen unterrichtet. Verschiedene Studien weisen jedoch darauf hin, dass ihre soziale Integration an allgemeinen Schulen geringer ist als die ihrer M…
View article: American Radicalism: Analyzing Alt-Right Rhetoric
American Radicalism: Analyzing Alt-Right Rhetoric Open
In the context of the global confrontation, Russian policy is rooted in the principle of multipolarity and reliance on traditional values. In the United States, the alt-right political movement (“alternative right”) articulates similar pos…
View article: Davies Aled, Freeman James, and Pemberton Hugh, A Neoliberal Revolution? Thatcherism and the Reform of British Pensions
Davies Aled, Freeman James, and Pemberton Hugh, A Neoliberal Revolution? Thatcherism and the Reform of British Pensions Open
A Neoliberal Revolution? Thatcherism and the Reform of British Pensions by Aled Davies, James Freeman and Hugh Pemberton is not just a historical account of British pension policy reform and its legacy, it is much more than this because it…
View article: The Rise of Thatcherism. 3 May 1979. Italian Reactions to Conservative Politics and Neo-liberalism in the UK
The Rise of Thatcherism. 3 May 1979. Italian Reactions to Conservative Politics and Neo-liberalism in the UK Open
When Margaret Thatcher became leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975 her victory was a surprise and rather an unknown quantity in Italy. However, within a few years, after the UK general election in 1979, ‘whirlwind Maggie’ rapi…
View article: Who is the drug user activist?: recounting the conceptualisation of drug user activism in the United Kingdom
Who is the drug user activist?: recounting the conceptualisation of drug user activism in the United Kingdom Open
The British model of harm reduction has been referenced as a pioneering approach to substance use in Europe. While many have described the development of UK drug policy through different governments, few studies have focused on the role th…
View article: Nailing the Spirit of Age: Serious Money as a Theatrical Response to the Cultural and Economic Policies of Thatcherism
Nailing the Spirit of Age: Serious Money as a Theatrical Response to the Cultural and Economic Policies of Thatcherism Open
Purpose: This study examines Serious Money by Caryl Churchill as a theatrical response to Thatcherism’s cultural and economic policies in 1980s Britain. It explores how the play critiques financial deregulation and the rise of aggressive c…
View article: Race and Populism. A Comparative Study of Thatcherism, Peronism and the American Populists
Race and Populism. A Comparative Study of Thatcherism, Peronism and the American Populists Open
This article re-examines the race-populism nexus. It asks: Does populist political construction of the figure of “the people” necessarily involve processes of racial othering? We answer this question by revisiting three emblematic cases of…
View article: Enterprise in Albion: Thatcherism, entrepreneurialism, historicity
Enterprise in Albion: Thatcherism, entrepreneurialism, historicity Open
During the 1980s, Thatcherism sought to align British citizens with market rationalities, not least through discourse and policies of entrepreneurialism. During that decade, Pete, a wheelwright and the subject of this essay, began an entre…
View article: Government decision-making and the site of power in New Labour’s ‘levelling up’: reconsidering economic regionalism
Government decision-making and the site of power in New Labour’s ‘levelling up’: reconsidering economic regionalism Open
Debates about England’s geographic inequalities and the extent to which the problem is intertwined with the ‘Westminster system’ of government are often light on historical perspective. Few recall that “levelling up” was a New Labour sloga…
View article: Devolution in the North East
Devolution in the North East Open
Reflections on England's future In May, the North East Mayoral Combined Authority will elect its first metro mayor, creating one of the largest, and potentially most important, devolved authorities in England. This is taking place 20 years…
View article: Introduction
Introduction Open
This chapter introduces the book’s content and themes by examining how two rival political cultures came into conflict in 1980s London: Thatcherite neoliberalism and a new form of social democracy in the form of the Greater London Council.…
View article: IMPERIALISM, THATCHERISM, AND RESISTANCE IN EDWARD BOND'S THE WOMAN: ACTING BACK TO THE CENTER
IMPERIALISM, THATCHERISM, AND RESISTANCE IN EDWARD BOND'S THE WOMAN: ACTING BACK TO THE CENTER Open
Edward Bond is one of the greatest dramatists of post-war period. During the 1970s, one dramatist who tried to inaugurate a form of historical drama, which used history as a means of representing political circumstances of contemporary Bri…
View article: The Retreat from ‘High Technology’ in Post-War Britain
The Retreat from ‘High Technology’ in Post-War Britain Open
This article argues that the 1970s saw an important change in the attitude of the British state to civil technological projects. It focuses on supersonic aviation and nuclear power policy as its case-studies, which were the key areas of te…
View article: Erasing “Knowable Communities”: From Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to Brassed Off
Erasing “Knowable Communities”: From Saturday Night and Sunday Morning to Brassed Off Open
The paper discusses cinematic representations of working class communities in British cinema from the pre-war documentary movement to (post-)Thatcher feature films chronicling the decline of traditional industries. A particular focus is gi…
View article: Labour, more or less? Policy reasoning in a fiscal register
Labour, more or less? Policy reasoning in a fiscal register Open
Michael Jacobs and Andrew Hindmoor’s analysis of ‘Labour, left and right’ is a salutary corrective to ‘electoral-ideological’ accounts of party strategy in Britain, and rightly urges scholars to pay more attention to substantive ‘policy re…
View article: The Illustration of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's Serious Money: A social Feminist study"
The Illustration of Thatcher's Theatre in Caryl Churchill's Serious Money: A social Feminist study" Open
Caryl Churchill 's work marks by a deep contribution to both feminism and socialism, as well as a desire to do different experience. She credits with reshaping modern theatre and introducing new subjects matter ideas. Her systematically ex…
View article: After the Miners’ Strike
After the Miners’ Strike Open
In this rich memoir, the first of two volumes, Paul Farmer traces the story of A39, the Cornish political theatre group he co-founded and ran from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. Farmer offers a unique insight into A39’s creation, operat…
View article: Race, nation, empire? Historicising outward and inward-facing British nationalism
Race, nation, empire? Historicising outward and inward-facing British nationalism Open
Brexit has continued to capture the attention of International Relations (IR) scholars, where it has been linked to the burgeoning debate on race and postcolonialism. This article adds to this scholarship by historicising the question of i…
View article: New Times or new circuits: recovering Sivanandan’s political economy
New Times or new circuits: recovering Sivanandan’s political economy Open
In 1990, A. Sivanandan published an essay subtitled ‘The hokum of New Times’, which took aim at Stuart Hall and Martin Jacques’ theorisation of Thatcherism and the neoliberal revolution. Central to this criticism was Sivanandan’s decade-lo…
View article: Bell Pottinger: Pre-Digital Fake News During the Rise of Neoliberalism
Bell Pottinger: Pre-Digital Fake News During the Rise of Neoliberalism Open
This article will follow the rise of Bell Pottinger, a PR company whose emergence coincided with the rise of Thatcherism in the 80s and was instrumental in promoting neoliberal ideology to the public in the U.K. and globally in the late 20…
View article: Levelling Up the <scp>UK</scp>: If not the Conservatives, will Labour Learn the Lessons from Past Policy Failings?
Levelling Up the <span>UK</span>: If not the Conservatives, will Labour Learn the Lessons from Past Policy Failings? Open
This article considers the levelling‐up agenda in the UK, examining the Johnson government's original proposals to tackle regional and local inequality and its continuation under new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following the short‐lived pre…