Book review: Forging the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, the 1970s and the Origins of Neoliberalism

Matthew Lee Powell

doi:10.1177/14789299251385369

Book review: Forging the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, the 1970s and the Origins of Neoliberalism

Matthew Lee Powell

School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation

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Book details: Terence Casey, Forging the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, the 1970s and the Origins of Neoliberalism. London; New York: Routledge, 2025. i-xi, 1 -465 pp. ISBN 9781 032660851 (paperback).

Original language	English
Number of pages	3
Journal	Political Studies Review
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14789299251385369
Publication status	Early online - 23 Oct 2025

Keywords

Margaret Thatcher
1970s
Neoliberalism
British Politics
Declinism

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Book review: Forging the Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher, the 1970s and the Origins of Neoliberalism

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