Mrs Thatcher's macroeconomic adventurism, 1979-1981, and its political consequences

British Politics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-19

  Tomlinson, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Declinism; Economic policy; Statecraft; Thatcher

Indexed keywords

EID: 49049108104     PISSN: 1746918X     EISSN: 17469198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.bp.4200038     Document Type: Article

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