Pete Dorey is Professor of British Politics at Cardiff University. He has published widely on British Conservatism and the Conservative Party. His recent co-authored books include Exploring British Politics 5th Edition (2021), Choosing Party Leaders: Britain's Conservatives and Labour Compared (2020), The British Coalition Government, 2010-2015: A Marriage of Inconvenience (2016) and The Political Rhetoric and Oratory of Margaret Thatcher (2016).

1. Why Margaret Thatcher became Conservative Party leader and prime minister

2. The development of Thatcherism: intellectual origins and ideological framework

3. The key policies

4. Thatcher's management and domination of the parliamentary Conservative Party

5. The Thatcherization of the Conservative Party since 1990

6. The contradictions and consequences of Thatcherism

Concluding comments

Chronology