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Autore: Matthijs Matthias. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ideas and economic crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005) / / Matthias Matthijs Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 330.941/085
Soggetto topico: Financial crises - Great Britain - History
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Economic policy 1945-1964
Great Britain Economic policy 1964-1979
Great Britain Economic policy 1979-1997
Great Britain Economic policy 1997-
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
Titolo autorizzato: Ideas and economic crises in Britain from Attlee to Blair (1945-2005)  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-136-90789-0
0-415-53343-0
1-283-59066-2
9786613903112
0-203-84274-X
1-136-90790-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826855203321
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Serie: Routledge explorations in economic history ; ; 49.