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Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, Political Socialization and Trickle-down Value Change: An Age, Period and Cohort Analysis

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  • Grasso, Maria Teresa
  • Farrall, Stephen
  • Gray, Emily
  • Hay, Colin
  • Jennings, Will

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To what extent are new generations ‘Thatcherite’? Using British Social Attitudes data for 1985–2012 and applying age-period-cohort analysis and generalized additive models, this article investigates whether Thatcher’s Children hold more right-authoritarian political values compared to other political generations. The study further examines the extent to which the generation that came of age under New Labour – Blair’s Babies – shares these values. The findings for generation effects indicate that the later political generation is even more right-authoritarian, including with respect to attitudes to redistribution, welfare and crime. This view is supported by evidence of cohort effects. These results show that the legacy of Thatcherism for left-right and libertarian-authoritarian values is its long-term shaping of public opinion through political socialization.

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  • Grasso, Maria Teresa & Farrall, Stephen & Gray, Emily & Hay, Colin & Jennings, Will, 2019. "Thatcher’s Children, Blair’s Babies, Political Socialization and Trickle-down Value Change: An Age, Period and Cohort Analysis," British Journal of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, vol. 49(1), pages 17-36, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:bjposi:v:49:y:2019:i:01:p:17-36_00
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