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Auteur(s) : Williamson, Adrian (1959-....)
Titre(s) : Conservative economic policymaking and the birth of Thatcherism, 1964-1979 [Texte imprimé] / Adrian Williamson
Publication : Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015
Description matérielle : xvii, 378 pages ; 23 cm
Collection : Palgrave studies in the history of finance
Lien à la collection : Palgrave studies in the history of finance
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-368) and index
The recent death of Margaret Thatcher, in the context of the Global Financial Crisis,
has led many to re-evaluate 'Thatcherism' and its role in British economic policy-making.
While much rhetoric and propaganda surrounds the topic, there is little scholarly
work on Thatcherism or on the profound change in British economic policy that subsequently
occurred after 1979. This book addresses two key areas. Firstly, it examines the debates
that took place within the Conservative Party between 1964 and 1979, and the core
policies that were adopted in this time, and that predated, but remained a part of,
Thatcherism. Adrian Williamson then goes on to investigate the processes by which
Thatcherism became established in Tory thinking, and questions to what extent the
politician herself was responsible for Thatcherism within the Conservative Party.
In Conservative Economic Policymaking and the Birth of Thatcherism, 1964 �1979, the
evolution of Conservative core policy is considered in detail, including tax, trade
union reform and European competition. Additionally, the author examines how the economic
crisis of the 1970s influenced Conservative policy in public spending, anti-inflation
measures and industrial strategy. It will be of interest to economic and political
historians of Modern Britain and post-war politics, and a core source of reference
to undergraduate and post-graduate students alike.
Sujet(s) : Conservatisme -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1945-1990
Politique économique -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1964-1979
Politique industrielle -- Grande-Bretagne -- 1945-1990
Indice(s) Dewey :
330.941 085 (23e éd.) = Situation et conditions économiques - Îles Britanniques - 1945-1999
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137460257. - ISBN 1137460253. - ISBN 9781137460264. - ISBN 1137460261
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46515202t
Notice n° :
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Table des matières : Machine generated contents note:1.. Introduction -- ; The historiographical context
-- ; Methodology and approach -- ; The argument and structure of this book -- ; 2..
Policymaking: Structures, Ideas and Influences -- ; Introduction -- ; The Conservative
economic inheritance -- ; Policymaking 1964 -- 1970 -- ; How, who and what? -- ; The
Powellite challenge -- ; Crisis in government: 1970 -- 1974 -- ; How, who and what?
-- ; Party dissent -- ; Keynesian loss of faith? -- ; Conservative reappraisal: 1974
-- 1979 -- ; Capture by the think-tanks? -- ; Reconsideration -- ; The battle of ideas
-- ; 3.. Tax and Spend: Towards a Smaller State? -- ; Introduction -- ; Taxation --
; Reform and pacemakers, 1964 -- 1974 -- ; The outside world: debating tax in the
1970s -- ; The Conservatives and tax, 1974 -- 1979 -- ; Public spending -- ; Less
is more: 1964 -- 1971 -- ; Pump priming: 1971 -- 1974 -- ; The 1970s spending crisis
-- ; The Conservatives and spending, 1974 -- 1979 -- ; A new frontier? -- ; Less welfare?
-- ; Building wealth? -- ; North Sea oil to the rescue? -- ; Conclusions -- ; 4..
From Prices and Incomes Policy to Sado-Monetarism? -- ; Introduction -- ; Planning
prices and incomes -- ; Tory indecision was final: 1964 -- 1971 -- ; Statutory restraint:
Conservative policy 1972 -- 1974 -- ; Towards prices and incomes policy -- ; The importance
of money -- ; The debate about inflation -- ; Labour in power, 1974 -- 1979: Tory
rethink on prices and incomes policy -- ; The Social Contract -- ; Conservative discussions
on Prices and Incomes Policy -- ; Price and dividend control -- ; Were the Conservatives
theoretical monetarists? -- ; Conclusions -- ; 5.. Conservative Industrial Policy:
The End of the Mixed Economy? -- ; Introduction -- ; Industry and the state -- ; Industry,
the state and politics -- ; The industrial problem -- and proposed solutions -- ;
Post-war industrial policy -- ; The Conservatives and the nationalised industries
-- ; Policymaking 1964 -- 1970 -- ; The Conservative government 1970 -- 1974: confusion
confounded? -- ; The nationalised industries 1974 -- 1979: the origins of privatisation?
-- ; The Conservatives and industrial decline -- ; 1964 -- 1970 -- ; Lame ducks: 1970
-- 1974 -- ; Lame ducks to the slaughter 1974 -- 1979? -- ; A positive policy for
industry? -- ; 1964 -- 1970 -- ; Interventionism and the 1972 Act -- ; Policymaking
1974 -- 1979: trusting the market and the wider debate -- ; Conclusions -- ; 6.. Trade
Unions: The Discipline of Law? -- ; Introduction -- ; The (strong) position of the
unions before 1979 -- ; The trade unions: strengths and weaknesses -- ; The intellectual
context -- ; Bringing the State in: 1964 -- 1974 -- ; Towards the Act: 1964 -- 1971
-- ; The 1971 Act fails: 1971 -- 1974 -- ; Rethinking policy, 1975 -- 1979 -- ; Official
policymaking -- ; Other voices -- ; Stepping Stones -- ; Conclusions -- ; 7.. Britain's
Role in the World Economy -- ; Introduction -- ; The Conservatives and Europe -- ;
Getting in: 1961 -- 1975 -- ; Digging in: 1975 -- 1979 -- ; Sterling, trade and the
balance of payments -- ; Phase 1. Defending Sterling, 1964 -- 1971 -- ; Phase 2. Floating,
Sinking and the AES, 1972 -- 1976 -- ; Phase 3. Let the pound rise, 1976 -- ? -- ;
Monetarism in one country? -- ; Flows of oil and capital -- ; The European Monetary
System -- ; Flows of people: immigration -- ; Conclusions -- ; 8.. Conclusion -- ;
Concluding thoughts -- ; Further work -- ; The 1950s revisited -- ; The Thatcher governments
1979 -- 1990 (and to 2015?) -- ; What about the voters? -- ; Thatcherism now.
