Failure in British Government: Politics of the Poll Tax - Hardcover

Butler, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198278756 ISBN 13: 9780198278757

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 1994

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Reviled by the public and disowned by politicians, the poll tax was the most celebrated political disaster in post-war Britain. This book tells the full story of the poll tax. Margaret Thatcher, Nigel Lawson, Nicholas Ridely and virtually the entire cast of 1980s British politics feature as events unfold. Drawing on unique access to the often conflicting accounts of the leading players, the authors paint a picture of the journey of the poll tax from its conception to its demise. In the second half of the book, the authors assess the light the poll tax casts on the workings of British government, and draw conclusions. Looking at each of the main government in stitutions in turn, they show how the entire episode undermines the conventional wisdom about the workings of the British government.

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David Butler is Emeritus Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford. Andrew Ddonis is Industry Correspondent for the Financial Times. Tony Travers is Director of Research, Greater London Group, London School of Economics.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0198278756
• ISBN 13: 9780198278757
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352