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| Title: | Wage Politics in Britain (HB @ PB Price)
: The Rise & Fall of Incomes Policies Since 1945 |
| Author: | Peter Dorey |
| ISBN: | 1902210921 : 9781902210926 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 280 |
| Weight: | .534 Kg. |
| Published: | Sussex Academic Press - January 2002 |
| List Price: | 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | British & Irish history: postwar; from c1945: Economic history: Central government policies |
This text provides a comprehensive and in-depth account of the history of incomes policies in post-war Britain, detailing in particular attempts at securing wage restraint pursued by each government up to 1979, and how and why incomes policies were abandoned thereafter.
Contents: Wage politics in Britain; What is to be done about wages? The Attlee governments, 1945-1951; Seeking conciliation and consensus: The Conservatives, 1951-1964; Through deflation and devaluation to despair: The Wilson governments, 1964-1970; The U-turn beyond Selsdon: The Heath government, 1970-1974; Seeking to sustain a social contract: The Wilson-Callaghan governments, 1974-1979; Back to free collective bargaining and beyond: The Thatcher-Major governments, 1979-1997; Towards New Labour, away from incomes policy: The Labour Party, 1979-2001; The rise and fall of incomes policy in Britain since 1945; Bibliography; Index.
