Exploring Political Legacies

Focusing on the theoretical development of political legacies, this book aims to clarify and operationalize the concept for future research. It defines legacies as traces of the past influencing the present and presents a multi-dimensional approach to evaluating them. The author addresses key theoretical, analytical, and methodological concerns necessary for substantiating claims about legacies, using the literature on Thatcherism as a case study to illustrate these concepts.