The Rise of the Career Politician in Britain — And its Consequences
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in British Journal of Political Science
- Vol. 11 (3) , 249-285
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123400002647
Abstract
The new British government formed in May 1979 contained a Butler, a Chalker, a Fowler and a Prior. It also, as the whole world knows, contained a Thatcher. It did not, however, contain a single Barrister, Solicitor or Journalist; nor, remarkably, did it contain anybody by the name of Politician.Keywords
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