Conservative Capitalism in Britain and the United States

A Critical Appraisal

Raymond Plant, Kenneth Hoover

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Routledge
20 May 2016

Social theory; Political science & theory; Economic systems & structures

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory

The shock waves of conservative advances have reached into every corner of American and British politics. Parties of the right have prospered, while parties of the left have stumbled, retreated, and are now regrouping. The agenda for both right and left is set by the terms of the free-market doctrines that have displaced the post-war consensus politics of liberal capitalism.

This volume describes and challenges the ideological basis of the free-market right. Though critiques of the policies of the Reagan and Thatcher governments are hardly in short supply, this major new study offers the most thorough and up-to-date analysis available. No other book considers in such depth conservative ideas and policies on both sides of the Atlantic. It provides the first clear account of the distinction between conservative and other forms of capitalism. It also examines the fault lines dividing opposing camps within conservative capitalism and their consequences for domestic policy in Britain and the US. Linking political theory and public policy, it is one of the few critical appraisals of the New Right based on a clear understanding of what the arguments for the free market really are.

Finally, the authors demonstrate what the left needs to learn from its failures, how to remould its understanding of the relationship between politics and the market, and how to recapture the lost initiative.

By: Raymond Plant, Kenneth Hoover
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138991637
ISBN 10: 1138991635
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Social Theory
Pages: 358
Publication Date: 20 May 2016
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part 1. Conservative Capitalism as Ideology 1. Conservative Capitalism and its Adversaries 2. The Political Economy of Conservative Capitalism 3. The Critique of the Welfare State 4. Traditionalists and Individualists: Conflict in the Movement Part 2. Implementation and Appraisal 5. The Rise of Conservative Capitalism in the United States 6. The Impact of Conservative Capitalism in the United States 7. The Rise of Conservative Capitalism in Britain 8. The Implementation of Conservative Capitalism in Britain 9. Privatization in Britain Part 3. Responses from the Left 10. The Market and the State 11. A View from the Left: the United States 12. A View from the Left: Great Britain

Raymond Plant, Kenneth Hoover