"Partis politiques -- Grande-Bretagne" . "Heath, Edward (1916-2005) " . . "Text" . . . . . "Conservative party" . . . "Edward Heath et la tradition conservatrice, H\u00E9ritier ou Modernisateur?" . . "Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1964-1979" . "Politique et gouvernement -- Grande-Bretagne -- 20e si\u00E8cle" . . "Edward Heath and the Conservative tradition: heir or moderniser?" . "Edward Heath et la tradition conservatrice, H\u00E9ritier ou Modernisateur?" . . "Longtemps consid\u00E9r\u00E9 comme un tra\u00EEtre aux principes du Parti conservateur pour l\u2019abandon de ses promesses politiques et son opposition \u00E0 Margaret Thatcher, aujourd'hui plus personne ne remet en doute les convictions conservatrices d'Edward Heath et son attachement sinc\u00E8re et profond au parti. Pourtant des questions demeurent autour de son identit\u00E9 politique : Heath est-il davantage un h\u00E9ritier de Macmillan ou un pr\u00E9curseur du thatch\u00E9risme ? Il n'est pas toujours ais\u00E9 de r\u00E9pondre tant sa politique fut marqu\u00E9e par des navigations constantes entre conservatisme progressiste et conservatisme radical. Heath se pr\u00E9senta aux membres de son parti et \u00E0 l'\u00E9lectorat britannique comme l'homme de la rupture qui allait instaurer une nouvelle culture politique fond\u00E9e sur le d\u00E9sengagement de l'Etat, la responsabilit\u00E9 de l'individu, la comp\u00E9titivit\u00E9 \u00E9conomique et industrielle. Ce programme de modernisation connu sous le nom de \u00AB R\u00E9volution Tranquille \u00BB bousculait les piliers du consensus d'apr\u00E8s-guerre et promettait de faire entrer le Royaume-Uni dans une nouvelle \u00E8re de prosp\u00E9rit\u00E9 et de dynamisme. Une fois confront\u00E9 \u00E0 la r\u00E9alit\u00E9 du pouvoir, Heath perdit de son radicalisme et s'inscrit dans les traces de Macmillan en menant une politique interventionniste fond\u00E9e sur les m\u00EAmes mod\u00E8les que ses pr\u00E9d\u00E9cesseurs de l'apr\u00E8s-guerre. Cette th\u00E8se \u00E9tudie les rapports complexes que Heath entretint avec la tradition conservatrice et les tensions entre h\u00E9ritage et modernit\u00E9, entre changement et continuit\u00E9 qui caract\u00E9risent sa politique afin de d\u00E9finir si Heath fut davantage un h\u00E9ritier ou un modernisateur de la tradition conservatrice." . . "Keyn\u00E9sianisme" . "Lib\u00E9ralisme \u00E9conomique" . . . . . . . "Th\u00E8ses et \u00E9crits acad\u00E9miques" . "For a long time Edward Heath suffered from a bad reputation inside the Conservative party and was seen as a traitor because of his U-turns when he was Prime Minister and his opposition to Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s. Today no one would dispute Heath's convictions and his sincere and profound attachment to the Conservative party. Yet questions remain about his political identity: Did Heath follow in the footsteps of Harold Macmillan or did he pave the way for Thatcherism? The question is still pending and causes much debate as Heath's policies were marked by constant navigations between a progressive Conservatism and a radical Conservatism. At the beginning of his career, Heath presented himself to the rest of the party and to the electorate as the radical Tory bent on implementing a new political culture based on the disengagement of the State, the responsibility of the individual and the competitiveness of the British economy. This programme of modernisation known as the \u201CQuiet Revolution\u201D marked a clear break from the post-war consensus and was designed to start a new era of prosperity and dynamism for the United Kingdom. Once in power however Heath lost his radicalism and pursued a moderate policy very much similar to his predecessors. This thesis examines Heath's intricate relations to the Conservative tradition and the tensions between heritage and modernity, between change and continuity that characterise his policies in order to determine whether Edward Heath was more an heir or a moderniser of the Conservative tradition." . . "2010" .