Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy - The Attlee Years, 1945-1951

Klappentext This major study analyses the economic policies of the Attlee government. Zusammenfassung Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy: The Attlee Years 1945–1951 analyses the economic policies of the Attlee government. It stresses the importance of the government's drive for efficiency. Tomlinson questions the claim that in building a 'welfare state' the government neglected production. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Labour and the economy 1900-45; 2. Labour and the international economy I: Overall strategy; 3. Labour and the international economy II: The balance of payments; 4. Industrial modernisation; 5. Nationalisation; 6. Controls and planning; 7. The financial system; 8. Employment policy and the labour market; 9. Labour and the woman worker; 10. Towards a Keynesian policy; 11. The economics of the welfare state; 12. Equality versus efficiency?; 13. Conclusions: political obstacles to economic reform.

Product details

• Authors: Jim Tomlinson
• Assisted by: Charles Feinstein (Editor), Patrick O'Brien (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.11.1996
• EAN: 9780521550956
• ISBN: 978-0-521-55095-6
• No. of pages: 346
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Modern Ec
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business