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Revision with unchanged content. In the face of unemployment rates around 13%, Germans tend to peer over enviously to Great Britain s flourishing eco nomy and think to themselves: What do they do differently? . The examination of the politics of Thatcher and her succes sors provides an answer to this question. Sebastian Hensch ke describes coherently and intelligibly what Thatcherism is, what its effects were and what parts of it are still in effect to day. It is also discussed if elements of the British economic policy could be transferred to Germany resp. to what extent this is being done already. Subject to scrutiny are the econo mic systems, policies and particularly the different characteri stics of the business locations Germany and Great Britain. For anyone interested in labour market policies and their ef fects in different countries, this book will be worth while.

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Aus einer Familie von Englisch-Lehrern stam mend beschäftigte er sich schon früh mit der eng lischen Sprache, Geschichte und Kultur. Dazu kommt seine Begeisterung für englische Pop- und Rockmusik, daher befinden sich im Text auch vereinzelt Hinweise auf thematisch relevan te Texte englischer Bands.

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