{"id":2,"date":"2024-09-23T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T20:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/casey1\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:34:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T20:34:47","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.rose-hulman.edu\/casey1\/2024\/09\/23\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Now in print from Routledge!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n<\/a>FORGING THE IRON LADY: MARGARET THATCHER, THE 1970s, AND THE ORIGINS OF NEOLIBERALISM Routledge, 2025<\/h3>\n

This book<\/a> tells the story of the rise of Margaret Thatcher in the context of crises assailing Britain in the 1970s and how her ascent to power ushered in the neoliberal era.<\/p>\n

Forging the Iron Lady<\/i>\u00a0details her journey from relative obscurity to the pinnacle of power as a collective, as well as personal, tale and how an uncertain chain of events, influenced through ideas and political agency opened the path to certain outcomes while throwing up barriers to others. It is her \u201corigin story\u201d as the Iron Lady. It examines a dramatic phase in her political advance and how the tumultuous politics of the 1970s shaped her as a politician and her political ideals, and how the conditions necessary to bring about major political-economic change were created, leading to three decades of neoliberalism. In doing so, this book offers a better understanding of the political conditions needed for a change in political-economic orders.<\/p>\n

This book is of key interest to scholars, students and readers of British politics and history, Thatcherism, political parties, elections, executive and elite politics.<\/p>\n

Part of the Routledge Studies in British Politics<\/a> series.<\/p>\n

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Articles related to Forging the Iron Lady:<\/em><\/h4>\n

Centre for Policy Studies CapX blog: What can Kemi Badenoch learn from Margaret Thatcher? – CapX\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>11 December 2024.<\/p>\n

The Critic magazine,\u00a0The making of Margaret Thatcher | Terrence Casey | The Critic Magazine <\/a>11 February 2025.<\/p>\n

Conservative Home, Terrence Casey: What Badenoch can learn from Thatcher’s early stumbles as Leader of the Opposition | Conservative Home<\/a> 11 February 2025.<\/p>\n

LSE Politics and Policy Blog, “How Thatcher Transformed British Politics,” LSE Politics and Policy Blog,<\/a> 17 February 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Unlikely Rise of the Iron Lady,\u201d<\/a> Law and Liberty (Liberty Fund) 13 October 2025.<\/p>\n

Critics’ Reviews<\/h2>\n

Daniel Pitt, “Margaret Thatcher’s Lessons for Conservatism,” Review of Forging the Iron Lady,<\/em> on the Liberty Fund’s Law and Liberty<\/em> website, 14 March 2025.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cAn excellent study of the indispensable politician of the post-war era\u2026 Casey succeeds in highlighting the necessary origin story of Thatcher and Thatcherism\u2026\u00a0Forging the Iron Lady<\/i>\u00a0will be studied by historians and political scientists for many years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Beech<\/b>,\u00a0University of Hull, UK, and UC Berkeley, USA.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Rich in detail, beautifully written, and with new archival evidence to bolster his argument, Casey\u2019s book is a must-read for anyone looking to understand the rise and fall of neoliberalism as well as the possibilities for economic policy today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matthias M. Matthijs<\/b>,\u00a0Johns Hopkins University, USA<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cToo often those who applaud or attack Thatcherism do so with crude cut-out-and-keep portrayals of the Iron Lady\u2026 As Casey shows, only by understanding the tumultuous era that forged the Iron Lady can her legacy be successfully rescinded, recast, or renewed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tim Oliver<\/b>,\u00a0Loughborough University London, UK<\/i><\/p>\n

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