STEVE LUDLAM is Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Sheffield, UK. MARTIN J. SMITH is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Sheffield, UK.

' [U]npretentious, accessible and stimulating... The range of topics covered is a particular strength... [A] very readable book and an extremely useful and balanced contribution to the literature on the Conservative Party.' - Philip Norton, Party Politics

• Tables and Figures Contributors Preface Introduction; M.J.Smith & S.Ludlam An Ideological Party; A.Gamble The Conservative Party and the Electorate; C.Pattie & R.Johnston Conservative Grassroots: An Overview; P.Seyd & P.Whiteley Eton Gent or Essex Man? The Conservative Parliamentary Elite; D.Baker & I.Fountain The Spectre Haunting Conservatism: Europe and Backbench Rebellion; S.Ludlam Remaking the Opposition?; A.Lent & M.Sowemimo Reforming the State; M.J.Smith Economic Policy under Thatcher and Major; H.Thompson Whatever Happened to the 'Enemy Within'? Contemporary Conservatism and Trade Unionism; B.Rosamond Social Policy under Thatcher and Major; C.Pierson Foreign and Defence Policy under Thatcher and Major; J.Buller Conservative Governments and the European Union; S.George & M.Sowemimo The Character of Contemporary Conservatism; S.Ludlam & M.J.Smith Guide to Further Reading References Index.