Farrall, S., Hay, C. orcid.org/0000-0001-6327-6547 and Gray, E. (2020) Exploring political legacies. Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy . Springer Nature , (107pp). ISBN 9783030370060
Abstract
The concept of the political legacy, despite its importance for institutionalist and historically-minded political analysts more generally, remains both elusive and undeveloped theoretically. This book seeks to address that oversight by building on existing studies which have approached the notion of a legacy to offer a clear definition and operationalisation of the term which might be used to inform future research. Legacies we view as traces of the past in the present; the claim to the existence of a legacy is both a causal and a counter-factual claim. We propose, in the light of this, a multi-dimensional approach to gauging political legacies, reflecting on some of the theoretical, analytical and methodological concerns which need to be addressed in establishing credible claims to their existence. These we develop and illustrate with respect to the literature on Thatcherism.
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Item Type: | Book |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author(s) and Editor(s). |
Keywords: | Political Science |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Economic and Social Research Council ES/K006398/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Apr 2020 12:41 |
Last Modified: | 03 Apr 2020 12:41 |
Published Version: | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-030... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Nature |
Series Name: | Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy |
Refereed: | Yes |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159149 |