Industrial Policy in Europe after 1945 [electronic resource] : Wealth, Power and Economic Development in the Cold War /
Grabas, C.editor.
Nützenadel, A.editor.
Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Western Europe; 1 European industrial policies in the post-war boom: ''Planning the economic miracle''; 2 The state and industrial policy in Britain, 1950-1974; 3 What''s in a name? French industrial policy, 1950-1975; 4 Ensuring economic growth and socioeconomic stabilization: Industrial policy in West Germany, 1950-1975; 5 Swedish industrial policy: From general policies to crisis management, 1950-1980
6 Planning the economic miracle? Industrial policy in Italy between boom and crisis, 1950-19757 Was it a Spanish miracle? Development plans and regional industrialization, 1950-1975; Part II: Transnational and Global Perspectives; 8 Towards a global history of the Marshall Plan. European post-war reconstruction and the rise of development economic expertise; 9 Towards a European industrial policy? The European Economic Community (EEC) debates, 1957-1975; 10 Entangled industrialization. The EEC and industrial development in Francophone West Africa
11 The EEC and the challenge of the ACP states'' industrialization, 1972-1975Part III: The Soviet Bloc; 12 Industrial policy and its failure in the Soviet Bloc; 13 Planning priorities, managing shortages: Industrial policy in the German Democratic Republic, from Stalinism to welfare dictatorship; 14 Economic growth and the industrial development policy in Hungary, 1950-1975; 15 Industrial performance in the USSR: Influences of state priorities, economic system, industrial policies and hidden processes, 1945-1980; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.
World history.
World politics.
Social history.
Europe-History.
Economic history.
History, Modern.
World History, Global and Transnational History.
Political History.
Social History.
European History.
Economic History.
Modern History.