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Droga na Downing Street. Uwagi nad karierę polityczną Margaret Thatcher

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Kosman M.
Przegląd Politologiczny
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2012
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issue 2
85-92
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The road of Margaret Thatcher (born in 1925) to her political career and winning the tell- ing nickname of the ‘Iron Lady’ has commonly been described as exceptional in the recent history of the Old Continent. The first woman to head a great European democracy, she served as Prime Minister three times, winning general elections and heading the government of Great Britain for eleven years (1979-1990). This was a record-breaking result in the history of the UK, which she managed, surrounded by a team of consummate coworkers whom she clearly dominated. Thatcher is included in a small circle of the most outstanding statespeople in her country, in particular compared to Winston Churchill. Despite not having aristocratic origins, she won the highest office in the government of Her Majesty Elizabeth II thanks to her talent, diligent work, ambition, and experience gath- ered in the positions she successively held. Her career in the Conservative Party lasted many years. Her vision of transformations in the political system of the state was based on her own experience and the advice of devoted workers, who she selected using her intuition. Her hus- band, Denis Thatcher, played an important role by her side, yet he always remained in the background, providing support and playing the role of a reasonable private advisor. The author emphasizes the high political culture of Margaret Thatcher and her circle, and he also underlines Polish elements in her policy. He pays a lot of attention to her excellent memoires as a source for politological studies, and to a review of the latest movie about the ‘Iron Lady’.
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Spór o przywództwo Margaret Thatcher

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Piotrowski P.
Forum Politologiczne
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2013
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vol. 15 - Przywództwo polityczne w Polsce i na świecie
423-453
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Still today questions are raised about Margaret Thatcher's leadership abilities. Questions such as: whether and to what extent the former Prime Minister was a doctrinaire without essential political competence? Did the policies implemented during her occupancy break the traditions of classical British conservatism? Did the Iron Lady's commercialism destroy traditional social ties of Tory England? Did her populism undermined the position of the British political establishment? Or can we talk about the economic miracle of the Thatcher era? By seeking answers to these and other questions the author of this article refers to the opinion of the several respected researchers of the New Right and the Tory traditionalism. He also harks back to the criticism of Thatcherism and the Iron Lady, which were the works of enemies within her own party, as well as of the intellectual circles of the left. Frequently those who have distanced, and those who currently distance themselves from the closer relationships with British conservatism.
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The Political Myth of Margaret Thatcher in Scotland

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Czapiewski T.
Polish Political Science Yearbook
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2016
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vol. 45
85-98
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The article describes and explains the phenomenon of the political myth of Margaret Thatcher – her anti–Scottish attitude and policies and its impact on the process of decomposition of the United Kingdom. The author indicates that the view of Margaret Thatcher’s dominance in Scotland is simplified, stripped of complexity, ignoring significant information conflicting with the thesis, but that also plays an important role in current politics, legitimizing secessionist demands and strengthening the identity of the Scottish community. In the contemporary Scottish debate with its unequivocal defence policy of Thatcher is outside of the discourse, proving its sanctity status. Thatcher could see this special Scottish dimension within the United Kingdom, but treated it rather as a delay in the reforms needed in the country. There are many counterarguments to the validity of the Thatcher myth. Firstly, many negative processes that took place in the 80s were not initiated by Thatcher, only accelerated. Secondly, the Tory decline in popularity in the north began before the leadership of Thatcher and has lasted long after her dismissal. The Conservative Party was permanently seen in Scotland as openly English. Thirdly, there is a lot of accuracy in the opinion that the real division is not between Scotland and England, only between southern England and the rest of the country. Widespread opinion that Thatcher was hostile to Scotland is to a large extent untruthful. She has never retreated radically from any of the Scottish privileges, such as the Barnett formula or the Scottish Development Agency.
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„Napájeni ze stejného zdroje“ Thatcherismus a Československo po sametové revoluci

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Šmigol O.
Dvacáté století - The Twentieth Century
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2017
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vol. 9
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issue 1
99-119
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The views and policies of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which became known as Thatcherism, were mirrored in the newly democratic Czechoslovakia. Democratic left respected her for the principled critique of the Soviet bloc, but it was the Czechoslovak, or more accurately Czech right, which was directly inspired by her programme. Under the leadership of the Finance Minister and later Prime Minister Václav Klaus Czechoslovakia undertook the most radical economic reform of all post-communist countries. British conservatism inspired the Czech right, partly indirectly, as the Czech politician read similar conservative thinkers and economists as the people surrounding Thatcher, but there is also direct inspiration. Czechoslovak officials closely studied British privatisation. The British provided advisers, money and organised conferences, all to achieve a smooth reform process. The result was a clear imprint of Thatcherism on the Czechoslovak economic reform and on the newly constituted Czech right.
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The Falklands War and the British Stage

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Radu A.
Romanian Journal of English Studies
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2014
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vol. 11
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issue 1
112-119
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The paper examines the way the Falklands War of 1982 was reflected in the creation of British playwrights. Officially, the war was seen as a heroic act, as another glorious page in the book of British history. But for many writers it contained nothing heroic; it was just noisy brandishing of weapons and useless loss of human lives.
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