Industrial Policy In Britain 1945 1951

Author : Martin Chick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521892538

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Industrial Policy in Britain 1945-1951 by Martin Chick Pdf

This is a detailed archive-based study of the economic planning of the Attlee governments, in which the author seeks to analyse the interaction between the decisions of central planners and the micro-economic effects of these decisions. Throughout the book, Martin Chick pays particular attention to the level, pattern and quality of fixed capital investment. At the same time, there is a continuous concern with the struggle between politicians, economists and industrialists over the mix of pricing mechanisms and administrative orders which were to be used in this period. This struggle permeated all discussions over matters such as the organisation of nationalised industries, the monopoly structure of nationalised industries, the allocation of resources and the promotion of higher productivity. The author also asks what impact, if any, economic planning had on the productivity performance of the UK economy.

Author : Helen Mercer,Neil Rollings,Jim Tomlinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004465493

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Labour Governments and Private Industry by Helen Mercer,Neil Rollings,Jim Tomlinson Pdf

"In 1945 a Labour government with socialist aspirations was elected. Prior to this, much of the Left's political energy had been directed towards nationalisation and the private sector had been seen as peripheral. Equally the private sector was ill-prepared to deal with a Labour government. Despite the coolness between the two, the war had left a legacy of a high level of interaction between private industry and the forces of government." "Labour Governments and Private Industry examines in detail the complex relationship between the Labour government and the private sector. The first part of the book analyses the types of policy in operation and their implementation. The second part takes certain sectors of British industry as case studies, to consider the practical application of these policies. Throughout the book, the contributors focus their arguments around three main questions. To what extent were the policies of this Labour government actually socialist? What was the role of the Labour government as a modernising agency in the private sector? What was the power of private industry to hinder the policies of the government?" "Despite the centrality of the years 1945-51 for an understanding of Britain's long-term industrial problems, this is the first historical study of the relationship between privately-owned industry and the government during the period. Its relevance for contemporary politics can hardly be overestimated. This reconsideration of a crucial period, with the benefits of the modern perspective, is timely and necessary."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Arnold A. Rogow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UCAL:B4415302

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The Labour Government and British Industry by Arnold A. Rogow Pdf

Author : A. A. Rogow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1417511492

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The Labour Government and British Industry, 1945-1951 by A. A. Rogow Pdf

Author : Arnold A. Rogow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:185560734

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The Labour Government and British Industry 1945-1951 by Arnold A. Rogow Pdf

Author : C. Grabas,A. Nützenadel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137329905

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Industrial Policy in Europe after 1945 by C. Grabas,A. Nützenadel Pdf

Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.

Author : James Foreman-Peck,Giovanni Federico
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0198289987

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European Industrial Policy by James Foreman-Peck,Giovanni Federico Pdf

The present study aims to contribute to an understanding of European industrial policy by introducing an historical perspective. National policy continuities and the considerable time over which industrial performance responds to changed environments emerge with greater clarity in the long run. The chapters in this book take a broad view of industrial policy, including those policies that establish the `framework', such as competition law, as well as sector for firm specific policies.

Author : Jim Tomlinson
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0719045878

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Economic Policy by Jim Tomlinson Pdf

Documentary focusing on the legendary Goodwood Motor Circuit, a high-speed track which started out as the perimeter of an RAF base during World War II. The programme covers Goodwood's history from its creation through to the present day.

Author : M. Bufton
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230508651

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Britain's Productivity Problem, 1948-1990 by M. Bufton Pdf

This volume examines attempted changes to industrial relations in Britain during 1948-1990, designed to promote institutional reforms of management and trade unions. Specific focus is given to the Donovan Commission and other trade union reforms, and incomes policies to connect pay more tightly with productivity. International initiatives of the AACP, BPC, and EPA are also included.

Author : G. C. Peden
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2000-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191542664

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The Treasury and British Public Policy 1906-1959 by G. C. Peden Pdf

This authoritative history of the Treasury provides a new perspective on public policy-making in the twentieth century as it explores the role and functions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the consequent implications for the changing role of the Treasury. As the central department in British government, the Treasury plays a key role in decisions on public expenditure, and on raising taxes and loans. Professor Peden traces the development of the Treasury's responsibility for managing the national economy and looks at how it became increasingly involved in international relations from the time of the First World War. In further examining the relations between ministers and their official advisers, this history explores the growing influence of economists in Whitehall.

Author : Martin Daunton
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 673 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780198732099

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Wealth and Welfare by Martin Daunton Pdf

Martin Daunton provides a clear and balanced view of the continuities and changes that occurred in the economic history of Britain from the Great Exhibition of 1851 to the Festival of Britain in 1951.In 1851, Britain was the dominant economic power in an increasingly global economy. The First World War marked a turning point, as globalization went into reverse and Britain shifted to 'insular capitalism'.Rather than emphasising the decline of the British economy, this book stresses modernity and the growth of new patterns of consumption in areas such as the service sector and the leisure industry.

Author : Catherine Flinn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350067646

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Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities by Catherine Flinn Pdf

Many British cities were devastated by bombing during the Second World War and faced stark economic dilemmas concerning reconstruction planning and implementation after 1945. How did politicians, civil servants and local authorities manage to produce the cities we live in today? Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities examines the underlying processes and pressures, especially financial and bureaucratic, which shaped postwar urbanism in Britain. Catherine Flinn integrates architectural planning with in-depth economic and political analyses of Britain's blitzed cities for the first time. She examines early reconstruction arrangements, the postwar economic apparatus and the challenges of postwar physical planning across the country, while providing insightful case studies from the cities of Hull, Exeter and Liverpool. By addressing the ideology versus the reality of reconstruction in postwar Britain, Rebuilding Britain's Blitzed Cities highlights the importance of economic and political factors for understanding the British postwar built environment.

Author : Adrian Williamson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781137460264

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Conservative Economic Policymaking and the Birth of Thatcherism, 1964-1979 by Adrian Williamson Pdf

In this book, Adrian Williamson investigates the processes by which Thatcherism became established in Tory thinking, and questions to what extent the politician herself is responsible for Thatcherism within the Conservative Party.

Author : Martin Chick
Publisher : An Economic and Social History of Britain
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-15
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 9780199552788

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Changing Times by Martin Chick Pdf

This is a study of how, and why, the British economy has changed since 1951. It covers the Golden Age of 1945-1973 when unemployment was below one million; when governments built millions of council houses and flats; when electricity, telephones, and gas were supplied by nationalised monopolies; when income and wealth inequality were narrowing; and when the UK was not a member of the European Economic Community. Moving through the inflation, rising unemployment, and rapid contraction of the manufacturing industry from the mid- 1970s, Changing Times examines the transfer of assets which was effected in the privatisation of public housing and nationalised industries from the early 1980s. The role of the State changed as public investment fell. The financing of old-age care, of state pensions, and of the National Health Service became of increasing concern and were less politically amenable to the approach of using private finance (the Private Finance Initiative and tuition fees) to fund former public obligations. Changes were made to the system of taxation, but public expenditure changed little as a share of national income, although the government now built little. Difficulties emerged in ensuring adequate housing for a growing population, and uncertainty grew as to where future investment in necessities like electricity supply would come from. Having narrowed in the Golden Age, inequality of income and wealth widened. Environmental concerns also grew, from the local smogs of the 1950s, through the concern with acid rain from the 1960s, to the current global concern with climate change. The financial crash of 2008 and the decision to 'Brexit' in the referendum of 2016 reduced economic growth and highlighted the extent of economic change since 1951. This is a study of that change.

Author : A. Booth
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-11-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230800601

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The Management of Technical Change by A. Booth Pdf

This book examines the management of technical change in manufacturing and services through an explicit political-economic framework. It examines the management of automation in Britain and America since 1950, and it applies the same useful framework to explore the impact of Japanization on both Britain and the US in the 1980s and 1990s.