Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy
Subtitle: The Attlee Years, 19451951 (Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 13, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 345
ISBN-13: 9780521550956
Subjects: British & Irish history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Economics; c 1945 to c 1960; Great Britain; Socialism; Political Science; History - General History; Political Ideologies - Communism & Socialism; Business/Economics; United Kingdom, Great Britain; History; Europe - Great Britain - General; Public Policy - Economic Policy; Great Britain--Economic policy--1945-1964; History / Great Britain; 1945-1964; 20th century; Economic Policy; Economic conditions; Labour Party (Great Britain)
First sentence: The Labour government of 1945-51 had to confront unprecedented economic problems, especially problems of the balance of payments, whilst at the same time attempting major reforms of the economy.
Description: This major addition to the Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History series analyses the economic policies of the Attlee government, both international and domestic, in the light of Labour's issues and doctrines regarding the economy.