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Government and the Enterprise Since 1900
Jim Tomlinson
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Description for Government and the Enterprise Since 1900
hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 470 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; KCC; KCZ; KFFD; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 730.
A chronological account of industrial policy This book surveys governmental industrial policy in Britain from 1900 to the early 1990s, exploring the perennial concern of governments to improve the efficiency and the competitiveness of British industry. Organized chronologically, it focuses on the formation of policy-making, and policy implementation, according to the ideas and beliefs that have dominated during the century. Thus industrial policy is traced through time of war and recession, through the building of the welfare state and times of growth, and through stagflation, economic liberalism, and deindustrialization. The constant theme of the book is the attempt by ... Read more
A chronological account of industrial policy This book surveys governmental industrial policy in Britain from 1900 to the early 1990s, exploring the perennial concern of governments to improve the efficiency and the competitiveness of British industry. Organized chronologically, it focuses on the formation of policy-making, and policy implementation, according to the ideas and beliefs that have dominated during the century. Thus industrial policy is traced through time of war and recession, through the building of the welfare state and times of growth, and through stagflation, economic liberalism, and deindustrialization. The constant theme of the book is the attempt by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Number of Pages
470
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198287490
SKU
V9780198287490
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Reviews for Government and the Enterprise Since 1900
This book will be welcomed by many who teach British industrial history ... an important contribution, original in what it attempts to capture within two covers. The history of the politics of economic policy has for long focused on macroeconomic issues, and this starting point certainly colours Tomlinson's work, but we should strongly welcome the path he is now taking. ... Read more