stagnant society
Subtitle: a warning.
Series: Pelican books, A555
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1962
Place of publication: [Harmondsworth, Middlesex]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Labor unions -- Great Britain; Labor and laboring classes -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Economic policy
Description: On its publication as a Penguin Special The Stagnant Society received such extraordinary notice from the press that it has been decided to republish as a Pelican this constructive and well-informed comment on the social, economic, and political attitudes of Britain.
Notes: 'This is the most outspoken, sensible and sympathetic account of what has gone wrong in the unions that I have ever read ' - R. H. S. Crossman in the New Statesman
'His suggested reforms, too, seem eminently sensible- indeed the chief. .. characteristics of the whole book are its clarity and common sense'-Sunday Telegraph
'It should be compulsory reading for politicians, employers, and trade unionists '- Nora Beloff in the Observer
'Mr Shanks has produced a challenging and most timely book. It is excellently written, in clear, crisp, and businesslike prose . .. What Mr Shanks says about more technological and technical training and research and development is all excellent'-Sir Roy Harrod in the Financial Times
'It contains much shrewd and effective criticism'-Guardian Leader
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