Thatcherism As A Successful Policy

What made Thatcherism such a successful policy?
IB HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION Rodolfo Soberanes History 32S IB Imparted by Mr. G. Fritzsche

05/04/2012

Rodolfo
 Soberanes
 
 

IB
 Historical
 Investigation
 

05/04/2012
 

What
 made
 Thatcherism
 such
 a
  successful
 policy?
 

  “The
 new
 ruler
 must
 determine
 all the
 injuries
 that
 he
 will
 need
 to
 inflict.
 He
 must
  inflict
 them
 once
 and
 for
 all.”
 1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -­‐Niccolò
 Machiavelli.
 
 
 
  A-­‐Plan
 of
 the Investigation
 
 
  As
 stated
 in
 the
 title
 of
 this
 document,
 my
 topic
 will
 have
 focus
 on
 Thatcherism,
 which
  name
 comes
 from
 the
 famous
 British
 Prime
 Minister,
 Margaret
 Thatcher,
 the
 one
 who
  established
  this
  set
  of
  political,
  economic
  and  social
  doctrines
  during
  her
  time
  in
  the
  position.
  During
  this
  investigation,
  I
  will
  concentrate
  mainly
  on
  questioning
  why
  Thatcherism
 became
 such
 a
 successful
 doctrine
 despite
 being
 so
 unpopular
 among
 the
  majority
 of
 the
 British population
 and
 how
 come
 Thatcher
 managed
 to
 stay
 for
 a
 very
  long
 time
 in
 the
 same
 position.
 Of
 course,
 there
 are
 many
 factors
 dealing
 with
 it
 and
 I
  will
 try
 to
 cover
 most
 of
 them,
 by
 following
 a
 careful
 review
 of
 all
 of
 them.
 
   To
 do
 my
 investigation
 I
 will
 use
 a
 big
 variety
 of
 primary
 sources
 with
 the
 objective
 of
  having
  a
  bigger
  chance
  of
  having
  a
  deeper
  analysis
  on
  my
  own
  and
  give
  a
  careful
  interpretation
 on
 the
 reviewed
 material.
 As
 well, I
 will
 use
 a
 few
 secondary
 sources,
 to
  use
 them
 as
 a
 guide
 for
 my
 investigation,
 like
 a
 sort
 of
 blueprint
 and
 example
 of
 how
 a
  historical
  investigation
  will
  be
  written.
  I
  plan
  to
  use
  stats,
  quotes
  and
  references
  of
 different
 documents
 to
 support
 my
 investigation.
 With
 this,
 I
 hope
 I
 will
 stay
 on
 track
 to
  answer
 my
 question
 previously
 stated.
 
 
 
  B-­‐Summary
 of
 the
 evidence
 
  1-­‐.
 Basics
 
  Margaret
  Thatcher
  became
  the
  British
  Prime
  Minister
  in  May
  the
  4th,
  1979.
  She
  is
  the
  first
 and
 only
 woman
 who
 has
 been
 in
 that
 post
 and
 the
 held
 it
 for
 the
 longest
 time
 in
  the
 20th
 Century.2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1
 Niccolò
 Machiavelli,
 Il
 Principe.
 (Florence,
 Italy:
 Antonio
 Blado
 d’Asola,
 1532).
 
 
2
 Margaret
 Thatcher,
 Spartacus
 Educational,
 accessed
 April
 25th,
 2012,
 ...