TY - BOOK AU - Riddell, Peter. TI - The Thatcher government SN - 631145192 AV - JN 231 .R53 1985 PY - 1985/// CY - New York PB - Basil Blackwell Inc. KW - GREAT BRITAIN -- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT -- 1979- N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. A portrait of thatcherism -- 2. Preparing for power -- 3. Thatcherism in government -- 4. Economic policy: the record -- 5. Economic policy: the alternatives and prospects -- 6. The public sector -- 7. The welfare state -- 8. The enterprise economy? -- 9. Home affairs -- 10. Foreign affairs and defence --11. Conclusions N2 - This book is not a contribution to any inter or intra-party debate. This book concentrates on the main themes of Thatcherism - the attempt to change direction in economic policy, to shift the frontiers between the public and the private sectors, to revive enterprise, to restore law and order, and to assert Britain's interest in the world ER -