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The Conservatives under David Cameron

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  • © 2009

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  1. Simon Lee

    1. University of Hull, UK

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  2. Matt Beech

    1. University of Hull, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: David Cameron’s Political Challenges

    • Simon Lee
    Pages 1-17

  3. Cameron and Conservative Ideology

    • Matt Beech
    Pages 18-30

  4. David Cameron and Tory Success: Architect or By-stander?

    • Philip Norton
    Pages 31-43

  5. David Cameron and the Renewal of Policy

    • Simon Lee
    Pages 44-59

  6. Convergence, Critique and Divergence: The Development of Economic Policy under David Cameron

    • Simon Lee
    Pages 60-79

  7. ‘Fixing Our Broken Society’: David Cameron’s Post-Thatcherite Social Policy

    • Stephen Driver
    Pages 80-96

  8. Cameron’s Conservatives and the Public Services

    • Simon Griffiths
    Pages 97-108

  9. Cameron’s Competition State

    • Mark Evans
    Pages 109-133

  10. Voting Blue, Going Green? David Cameron and the Environment

    • James Connelly
    Pages 134-150

  11. Conservative Defence and Security Policy under David Cameron

    • David Lonsdale
    Pages 151-169

  12. David Cameron and Foreign and International Policy

    • Victoria Honeyman
    Pages 170-186

  13. The Conservatives and the European Union: The Lull Before the Storm?

    • Philip Lynch
    Pages 187-207

  14. Conclusion: A Cameronite United Kingdom?

    • Matt Beech
    Pages 208-214

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 215-241
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The Conservatives under David Cameron provides the first and definitive analysis of the development of 'New Conservative' ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron, identifying both continuity and change, and evaluating the party's fitness to govern.

Reviews

'First and definitive analysis of the development of the Conservative Party's ideology and policy during the tenure of David Cameron' - The Guardian Bookshop

'This collection of essays is the most comprehensive analysis of Cameron's Conservative Party to date. The editors have done a splendid job once again following their earlier collaboration on Ten Years of New Labour. '- Kevin Hickson, Parliamentary Brief

'The Centre for British Politics at Hull has become one of the leading centres for the study of British politics.' - Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge, UK

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Hull, UK

    Simon Lee, Matt Beech

About the editors

Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer in Politics and a Director of the Centre for Democratic Governance at the University of Hull, UK. His previous books include Best for Britain: The Politics and Legacy of Gordon Brown and (co-edited with Stephen McBride), Neo-Liberalism, State Power and Global Governance.

Matt Beech is Senior Lecturer in Politics and Director of the Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull. He has written widely on the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and the Conservative-Liberal Coalition. His books include, The Political Philosophy of New Labour; he is co-author of Labour's Thinkers and co-editor of The Brown Government and The Struggle for Labour's Soul.
 
They also edited the Palgrave Macmillan bestseller Ten Years of New Labour earlier this year.

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