Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine and Liverpool – a review of Conservative Government Policy with especial reference to primary sources
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Example British politics dissertation topic 10:
Geoffrey Howe, Michael Heseltine and Liverpool – a review of Conservative Government Policy with especial reference to primary sources
The dispatch of Michael Heseltine to inner-city Liverpool in the early 1980s brought with it an urban regeneration policy the effects of which are still felt today. At the same time, however, recently disclosed papers from the National Archive at Kew, suggests that there was a contrary opinion within cabinet that the declining traditional industrial areas of Britain should be left to decay. This dissertation reviews minutes, policy initiatives and public perceptions of the effects of both to present a discursive analysis of the Conservative Government’s policies towards in the inner-cities in the Thatcher years.
Suggested initial topic reading:
- BBC News (2011) ‘Thatcher urged ‘let Liverpool decline’ after 1981 riots’, BBC News [online], available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16361170 [accessed 26 May 2012].
- Parkinson, M. and Duffy, J. (1984) ‘Government’s response to inner-city riots: The Minister for Merseyside and the task force’, Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 37(1), pp. 76-96.
