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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255287303321

Autore

Kirkland Christopher

Titolo

The political economy of Britain in crisis : trade unions and the banking sector / / by Christopher Kirkland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-59238-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy

Disciplina

338.941

Soggetti

Political economy

Political sociology

Finance, Public

Labor economics

International Political Economy

Political Sociology

British Politics

Public Finance

Labor Economics

Great Britain Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Trade Union Crisis of 1976–9 -- Chapter 3. Placing the Thatcher reforms in the context of the Capital/Labour relationship -- Chapter 4. The Banking Crisis of 2007 -- Chapter 5. Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores two recent crises in British political economy: the crisis of 1976–9, for which the trade unions were impugned, and the 2007 economic crisis, for which bankers were (at least initially) blamed. The author argues that the “crisis resolution” of the former – principally the Thatcherite reforms of the 1980s – led to the emergence of the banking crisis. Further, Kirkland demonstrates how narratives of blame have emerged and were used in both instances to promote specific agendas. Narrations of blame and crises were used to curb the trade



union powers in the 1980s, whilst the 2007 crisis was quickly reframed as one of excessive government spending, which in turn has led to policies of austerity.