Policies under Cameron: modernisation abandoned

Dorey, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2763-1622 2016. Policies under Cameron: modernisation abandoned. Peele, Gillian and Francis, John, eds. David Cameron and Conservative renewal: the limits of modernisation?, New Perspectives on the Right, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 58-81. (10.7228/manchester/9781784991531.003.0004)

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Abstract

Upon becoming Conservative leader in December 2005, David Cameron spoke passionately about the need for the Party to move on from Thatcherism. In so doing, he alluded to the need for a more compassionate and constructive Conservatism, one which was more sympathetic to the poor, and which also wanted to foster a partnership with professionals in the public sector. However, following the 2008 financial crash, the Conservative Party's policies became increasingly hostile both to welfare recipients and the public sector, whereupon the need to cut public spending was repeatedly invoked to justify major cuts in welfare provision and further marketisation or privatisation of the public sector. Regardless of Cameron's initially emollient rhetoric and allusions to One Nation Toryism, the trajectory of key Conservative policies since 2010 has remained firmly within a Thatcherite paradigm. Conservative modernisation has quietly been abandoned.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law Department of Politics and International Relations (POLIR)
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
ISBN:	9781784991531
Last Modified:	10 Apr 2024 14:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/95361

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