Democratic socialism and economic policy : the Attlee years, 1945-1951 /

Democratic socialism and economic policy : the Attlee years, 1945-1951 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Tomlinson, Jim.
Imprint:	Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Description:	xiv, 331 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Cambridge studies in modern economic history ; 3
Subject:	Labour Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 20th century. Labour Party (Great Britain) Socialism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century. Economic history. Economic policy. Socialism. Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1945-1964. Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1964-1979. Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1979-1997. Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1945-1964. Great Britain. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2585818

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ISBN:	0521550955 (hbk)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-325) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
1. Introduction: Labour and the economy 1900-1945
2. Labour and the international economy
I. Overall strategy
3. Labour and the international economy
II. The balance of payments
4. Industrial modernisation
5. Nationalisation
6. Controls and planning
7. The financial system
8. Employment policy and the labour market
9. Labour and the woman worker
10. Towards a Keynesian policy
11. The economics of the welfare state
12. Equality versus efficiency?
13. Conclusions: political obstacles to economic reform