Grasso, M., Farrall, S., Gray, E. et al. (2 more authors) (2017) Thatcher's Children, Blair's Babies, political socialization and trickle-down value-change: An age, period and cohort analysis. British Journal of Political Science. ISSN 0007-1234
Abstract
To what extent are new generations ‘Thatcherite’? Using British Social Attitudes data for 1985-2012 and applying age-period-cohort (APC) analysis and generalized additive models (GAMs) this paper investigates whether Thatcher’s Children hold more right-authoritarian political values compared to other political generations. We further examine the extent to which the generation that came of age under New Labour – Blair’s Babies – share these values. Our findings for generation effects indicate that this political generation is even more right-authoritarian, including with respect to attitudes to redistribution, welfare and crime. We support this view through evidence of cohort effects. Our results show the legacy of Thatcherism for left-right and libertarian-authoritarian values is to be found in its long-term shaping of public opinion through political socialisation.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Cambridge University Press, 2017. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Thatcherism; New Right; political socialization; political generations; age, period and cohort analysis; social attitudes; Thatcher’s Children |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2016 13:41 |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2017 23:34 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123416000375 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0007123416000375 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:98854 |