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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792101003321

Autore

Matthijs Matthias.

Titolo

Ideas and economic crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005) / / Matthias Matthijs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-90789-0

0-415-53343-0

1-283-59066-2

9786613903112

0-203-84274-X

1-136-90790-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Collana

Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 49

Disciplina

330.941/085

Soggetti

Financial crises - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Economic policy 1945-1964

Great Britain Economic policy 1964-1979

Great Britain Economic policy 1979-1997

Great Britain Economic policy 1997-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Ideas and Economic Crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005); Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1 Continuity and change in British economic policy making; 2 Crisis, ideas, and path dependence:Theoretical framework and postwar Britain's changing political economy; 3 Clement Attlee's postwar"settlement" (1945-1970):Depression, war, Keynes, Beveridge,and a new consensus; 4 Relative decline and the unraveling of consensus(1959-1979):From "having it so good" to the"winter of discontent"

5 Margaret Thatcher's triumph(1975-1990):Inflation, Hayek, and the overhaul of the British state6 Thatcherism's flaws and Tony Blair's consolidation (1987-2005):From the Lawson boom to New Labour's "New Britain"; 7 Conclusion:Made in Britain; Postscript:Gordon Brown, the "Great Recession," and the future of neoliberalism; Appendix:List of interviewees; Notes; Bibliography; Index



Sommario/riassunto

During the period from 1945 to 2005, Britain underwent two deep-seated institutional transformations when political elites successfully challenged the prevailing wisdom on how to govern the economy. Attlee and Thatcher were able to effectively implement most of their political platforms. During this period there were also two opportunities to challenge existing institutional arrangements. Heath's 'U-turn' in 1972 signalled his failure to implement the radical agenda promised upon election in 1970, whilst Tony Blair's New Labour similarly failed to instigate a major break with the 'Thatcheri