Policies and Politics Under Prime Minister Edward Heath

Front Matter ....Pages i-xv
 The Heath Premiership: Existing Academic Perspectives  (Andrew S. Roe-Crines, Timothy Heppell)....Pages 1-18
 The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1965  (Thomas McMeeking)....Pages 19-39
 Modernising Conservatism in Opposition Under Heath  (Mark Garnett)....Pages 41-61
 The 1970 General Election  (Martin Farr)....Pages 63-86
 Competition and Credit Control, Monetary Performance, and the Perception of Macroeconomic Failure: The Heath Government and the Road to Brexit  (James Silverwood)....Pages 87-113
 Industrial Relations: Reappraising the Industrial Relations Act 1971  (Sam Warner)....Pages 115-140
 Social Security Policy  (Ruth Davidson)....Pages 141-164
 The Heath Government and Local Government Reform  (David Jeffery)....Pages 165-187
 Northern Ireland  (Shaun McDaid, Catherine McGlynn)....Pages 189-209
 Entry into the European Communities  (Peter Dorey)....Pages 211-238
 Party Management  (Philip Norton)....Pages 239-259
 Heath, Powell and the Battle for the Soul of the Conservative Party  (Gillian Peele)....Pages 261-291
 The Labour Party in Opposition  (Timothy Heppell)....Pages 293-316
 Edward Heath: Leadership Competence and Capability  (Christopher Byrne, Nick Randall, Kevin Theakston)....Pages 317-354
 Who Governs? The General Election Defeats of 1974  (Andrew S. Roe-Crines)....Pages 355-375
 The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 1975  (Emily Stacey)....Pages 377-397
 Margaret Thatcher and the Heath Premiership: Recent History Re-written  (Antony Mullen)....Pages 399-420
 The Heath Premiership: A Transitional Era?  (Timothy Heppell, Andrew S. Roe-Crines)....Pages 421-442
Back Matter ....Pages 443-446