The Major Premiership: Politics and Policies under John Major, 1990–97

Front Matter....Pages i-xvii
Chaos or Cohesion? Major and the Conservative Parliamentary Party....Pages 1-25
A Permanent Revolution in Whitehall: the Major Governments and the Civil Service....Pages 26-44
Centralisation and Fragmentation: John Major and the Reform of Local Government....Pages 45-67
Renewed Consultation or Continued Exclusion? Organised Interests and the Major Governments....Pages 68-86
Strategic Errors and/or Structural Binds? Major and European Integration....Pages 87-107
Renewed Hope for Peace? John Major and Northern Ireland....Pages 108-125
Devout Defender of the Union: John Major and Devolution....Pages 126-145
The 3 Rs — Reform, Reproach and Rancour: Education Policies under John Major....Pages 146-164
Rolling Back the (Welfare) State: the Major Governments and Social Security Reform....Pages 165-178
No Return to ‘Beer and Sandwiches’: Industrial Relations and Employment Policies under John Major....Pages 179-198
The Limitations of Likeability: the Major Premiership and Public Opinion....Pages 199-217
Despair and Disillusion Abound: the Major Premiership in Perspective....Pages 218-249
Back Matter....Pages 250-276