classical liberal
Margaret Thatcher
Margaret Hilda Thatcher
1925–2013
How Margaret Thatcher is discussed in this archive
Authored 1 work in the archive.
Referenced in 3 other works — including Accountability in Public Service , Economic Prophecies , and The Essence of Democracy .
In Accountability in Public Service : Vittal explicitly recommends 'Margaret Thatcher-style agencification' of two-thirds of departmental functions as a structural reform model for Indian public administration.
In Economic Prophecies : Thatcher is invoked in Amin's roll-call of post-1978 global vindications of Shenoy — the Thatcher and Reagan turn, the Soviet collapse, and India's 1991 reforms together stand as retrospective proof that Shenoy's anti-statist diagnosis was correct.
In The Essence of Democracy : Thatcher's re-election is cited to illustrate the first-past-the-post system's distortion of democratic outcomes — she won a parliamentary majority with a minority of votes — demonstrating the need for electoral reform.
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Primary works (3)
- Accountability in Public Service · 2011
- "Margaret Thatcher-style agencification of two-thirds of departmental functions" — prescriptive section; Thatcher's UK reforms are the template for restructuring India's civil service delivery
- Economic Prophecies · 2004
- "Post-1978 global events — Thatcher, Reagan, collapse of USSR, India's 1991 liberalisation — are offered as retrospective proof" — Thatcher is named in the editor's vindication ledger as one of the historical events that posthumously confirms Shenoy
- SPIRIT OF FREE ENTERPRISE · 1991
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- The Essence of Democracy
- "the recent re-election of Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, however, welcome it might be on political grounds, illustrates the archaic nature of this system, since she obtained only a minority of votes cast but a big majority in Parliament" — Thatcher's electoral victory used as evidence of proportional representation's superiority over first-past-the-post