Margaret Thatcher's Privatization Of Council Housing
Academic Writing
Author: Qin Jialu
Supervisor: Professor Shi Tongyun
June 21, 2014
Tel: 18603550789
Pursuing Her Democracy, Leaving the Poor Behind
---On Thatcher’s Privatization of Council Housing: Right to Buy
Abstract
Thatcher’s policies revolving around privatization are a controversial gift to British people, among which the RTB policy, whose ultimate goal is to privatize council housing, has continuously been held in debate about its effect on British society. This paper explores the relationship between the ideology Mrs. Thatcher believed and the effects of her policy which was guided by this ideology through the analysis of RTB policy in Britain. This paper firstly introduces “Thatcher’s democracy” characterized by individualism that acted as the agent of all her privatization policies, then studies the …show more content…
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Author: Qin Jialu
Supervisor: Professor Shi Tongyun
June 21, 2014
Tel: 18603550789
Pursuing Her Democracy, Leaving the Poor Behind
---On Thatcher’s Privatization of Council Housing: Right to Buy
Abstract
Thatcher’s policies revolving around privatization are a controversial gift to British people, among which the RTB policy, whose ultimate goal is to privatize council housing, has continuously been held in debate about its effect on British society. This paper explores the relationship between the ideology Mrs. Thatcher believed and the effects of her policy which was guided by this ideology through the analysis of RTB policy in Britain. This paper firstly introduces “Thatcher’s democracy” characterized by individualism that acted as the agent of all her privatization policies, then studies the …show more content…
“Margaret Thatcher 's funeral: protesters turn their backs on coffin.” The Telegraph. 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 10 May 2014. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/10000235/Margaret-Thatchers-funeral-protesters-turn-their-backs-on-coffin.html Milligan, Brian. “Right-to-buy: Margaret Thatcher’s Controversial Gift”. BBC News. 10 Apr. 2013. Web. 23 Apr. 2014 http://www.bbc.com/news/business-22077190
Min, Fanxiang. 福利：国家与社会[D]. 南京大学, 2004.
Morrison, James. “Local authorities and housing policy.” Essential Public Affairs for Journalists. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 494-519. Print.
Palmer, Alun, Vicky Smith, and Andy Lines. “Margret Thatcher Funeral Protests in London and across Country Pass Peacefully”. Mirror. 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 30 May 2014 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/margaret-thatcher-funeral-protests-photos-1837644
Pickvance, Chris. “Housing and housing policy.” Baldock Social Policy. 4th ed. New York: Oxford University Press Inc, 2012. 342-367.
Quinault, Roland. “Margaret Thatcher”. British Prime Minister and Democracy. London: the Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011. 173-199.