Revisiting the concept of citizenship in Margaret Thatcher’s government: the individual, the state, and civil society

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2021-07-13 DOI:10.1080/13569317.2021.1954815

Lenon Campos Maschette

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ABSTRACT This article aims to re-evaluate Margaret Thatcher’s concept of citizenship and analyse its evolution during her government (1979–1990). It argues that her ideas concerning individuals and their relationship with the state and civil society were a crucial element of her belief system since at least the 1970s. Despite their importance, however, most analyses of Thatcherism have relegated these ideas to a marginal place. A rigorous analysis of speeches, interviews, memoirs and documents shows that Thatcher had reconceptualized the idea of citizenship long before her home secretary Douglas Hurd attempted to rationalize and re-package her ideas for public consumption. However, by the end of the 1980s, when moderate Conservatives such as Hurd turned their attention to this question, it was widely perceived that the Conservative Party required a more humane and coherent concept of citizenship. The article concludes that Thatcher’s ideas about the relationship between individuals, the state and community had a lasting influence on the Conservative and New Labour parties’ concept of citizenship.

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重新审视玛格丽特·撒切尔政府的公民概念:个人、国家和公民社会

本文旨在重新评估玛格丽特·撒切尔的公民概念，并分析其在1979-1990年执政期间的演变。文章认为，至少自20世纪70年代以来，她关于个人及其与国家和公民社会关系的观点一直是她信仰体系的重要组成部分。然而，尽管这些观点很重要，但大多数对撒切尔主义的分析都将其置于边缘地位。对演讲、采访、回忆录和文件的严格分析表明，早在她的内政大臣道格拉斯·赫德(Douglas Hurd)试图将她的想法合理化并重新包装以供公众消费之前，撒切尔就已经重新定义了公民身份的概念。然而，到20世纪80年代末，当赫德等温和的保守党人将注意力转向这个问题时，人们普遍认为保守党需要一个更人道、更连贯的公民概念。文章的结论是，撒切尔关于个人、国家和社区之间关系的思想对保守党和新工党的公民权概念产生了持久的影响。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

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31.40

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1.10%

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312

审稿时长

2 months

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