Lavery, S. (2019) The Coalition’s ‘two nations’ hegemonic project. In: British Capitalism After the Crisis. Series: Building a sustainable political economy: SPERI research & policy. Springer, pp. 153-181. ISBN 9783030040468 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-04046-8_6)
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Abstract
Whilst the Coalition re-established Britain’s pre-crisis growth model, it effectively broke with the ‘One Nation’ hegemonic project which New Labour had pursued in office. In its place, the Coalition advanced a distinctive ‘two nations’ strategy which sought to build a limited but durable base of support. This chapter traces how this strategy underpinned the Coalition’s far-reaching programme of welfare restructuring and public sector retrenchment. The Coalition’s ‘two nations’ hegemonic project enjoyed a limited degree of success in the 2010–2015. But it also eroded some of the key mechanisms which had stabilised British capitalism in the pre-crisis conjuncture and laid the conditions for a backlash in the subsequent period.
| Item Type: | Book Sections |
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| Additional Information: | Print ISBN: 9783030040451 |
| Status: | Published |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Lavery, Dr Scott |
| Authors: | Lavery, S. |
| College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| ISBN: | 9783030040468 |
| Published Online: | 30 December 2018 |
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