03236nam 22006735 450 991025528730332120251202143913.09783319592381331959238610.1007/978-3-319-59238-1(CKB)4340000000062457(MiAaPQ)EBC4901238(DE-He213)978-3-319-59238-1(PPN)259473111(Perlego)3498137(EXLCZ)99434000000006245720170705d2017 u| 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe Political Economy of Britain in Crisis Trade Unions and the Banking Sector /by Christopher Kirkland1st ed. 2017.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2017.1 online resource (207 pages) illustrationsBuilding a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy,2946-34089783319592374 3319592378 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Building a Sustainable Political Economy: SPERI Research & Policy,2946-3408International economic relationsPolitical sociologyEuropePolitics and governmentFinance, PublicLabor economicsInternational Political Economy’Political SociologyEuropean PoliticsPublic FinanceLabor EconomicsInternational economic relations.Political sociology.EuropePolitics and government.Finance, Public.Labor economics.International Political Economy’.Political Sociology.European Politics.Public Finance.Labor Economics.338.941Kirkland Christopherauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut865610BOOK9910255287303321The Political Economy of Britain in Crisis1931856UNINA