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Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction and background -- 1 Ideological influences on Conservative Party social policy -- 2 The 'New Right' and its impact on Conservative social policy -- 3 Conservatism and social justice in theory -- 4 Social policy case study 1: Modern Conservatism, practical social justice and welfare reform -- 5 Social policy case study 2: The 'Big Society' Policy Framework -- 6 Social policy case study 3: The Free Schools policy -- 7 Social policy case study 4: Reform of the NHS

New Right theories have had a major impact on British politics since the emergence of Thatcherism and the end of the so-called 'years of consensus' in the mid-1970s. In radically rejecting the conventions of postwar politics in terms of the management of both economic and social policies, the ideas of the New Right initially came to significantly shape the policies of the Thatcher government (1979–90), and indeed have continued to wield influence over other administrations in subsequent years. However, to what degree this influence has been retained as we enter the third decade of the twenty-first century is a matter of conjecture, specifically in the wake of Conservative Party 'modernzation', as well as the advent of major crises such as the 2007/8 economic crash and the Covid-19 pandemic. Within this context, this article seeks to assess and analyse the ongoing legacy of the New Right and its impact on British Conservatism over this sustained historical period.