Thatcherism撒切尔主义referred to the policies put forward by Margaret Thatcher| the first woman prime minister in England in 1979. The main contents of her policies included the return to private ownership of state-owned industries国有工业私有化| the use of monetarist policies货币主义政策 to control inflation通货膨胀| the weakening of trade unions| the strengthening of the role of market forces in the economy| and an emphasis on law and order强调法律和秩序. To some extent her program was successful and she led one of the most remarkable periods in the British economy.