The Conservatives under David Cameron Built to Last?

by Lee, Simon; Beech, Matt

• ISBN13: 9780230575653
• ISBN10: 023057565X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

The Conservatives under David Cameronprovides the first and definitive analysis of the development of New Conservative ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron, identifying both continuity and change, and evaluating the partys fitness to govern.

Author Biography

SIMON LEE is Senior Lecturer in Politics and a Director of the Centre for Democratic Governance at the University of Hull, UK. His previous books include Best for Britain: The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown and (co-edited with Stephen McBride), Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance.

MATT BEECH is Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull, UK. He has written widely on New Labour and social democracy. His books include The Political Philosophy of New Labour, he is co-author of Labours Thinkers: The Intellectual Roots of Labour from Tawney to Gordon Brown and he is co-editor of The Struggle for Labours Soul.

They also edited the Palgrave Macmillan bestseller Ten Years of New Labour earlier this year.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
The Centre for British Politics	p. xiv
Acknowledgements	p. xv
Notes on Contributors	p. xvi
Introduction: David Cameron's Political Challenges	p. 1
Cameron and Conservative Ideology	p. 18
David Cameron and Tory Success: Architect or By-stander?	p. 31
David Cameron and the Renewal of Policy	p. 44
Convergence, Critique and Divergence: The Development of Economic Policy under David Cameron	p. 60
'Fixing Our Broken Society': David Cameron's Post-Thatcherite Social Policy	p. 80
Cameron's Conservatives and the Public Services	p. 97
Cameron's Competition State	p. 109
Voting Blue, Going Green? David Cameron and the Environment	p. 134
Conservative Defence and Security Policy under David Cameron	p. 151
David Cameron and Foreign and International Policy	p. 170
The Conservatives and the European Union: The Lull Before the Storm?	p. 187
Conclusion: A Cameronite United Kingdom?	p. 208
References	p. 215
Index	p. 230
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