Government and the Enterprise Since 1900

Zusatztext Jim Tomlinson has written a highly accessible macroeconomic account of British industrial policy! based on a wide range of secondary sources! on Parliamentary Papers and on Public Record Office files. Klappentext This book surveys the industrial policy of British governments from the beginning of the century to the early 1990s, exploring the perennial concern of administrations of all complexions with high growth, low unemployment, and competitiveness. The analysis proceeds chronologically and focuses on the formation and implementation of policy according to the prevailing ideology of the party in power. Industrial policy is traced through times of war and recession, the building of the welfare state, growth and stagflation, economic liberalism and deindustrialization. Two case studies, of the cotton and car industries, are presented to illustrate the historical discussion. Dr Tomlinson, well established as an analyst of economic history and government policy, here contends that successive British governments have failed in their quest for an acceptable industrial policy that combines the central objectives shared by the major political parties. His trenchant exposition of both the macroeconomic context of industrial policy and its microeconomic effects illuminates the debate on a consistently controversial area of economic policy. Zusammenfassung A survey of governmental industrial policy in Britain from 1900 to 1990, revealing both the macroeconomic context of such policy and the microeconomic effects. Dr Tomlinson is a reputable scholar of government policy over this period, and this book illuminates both the formation of policy, and the capacity of each government to fulfil its aims.

Product details

• Authors: James Tomlinson, Jim Tomlinson
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.04.1994
• EAN: 9780198287490
• ISBN: 978-0-19-828749-0
• No. of pages: 470
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Public Finance, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Public finance, Industry & industrial studies, Microeconomics, Public finance and taxation, Industry and industrial studies