Democratic Socialism and Economic Policy: The Attlee Years, 1945 1951

by Jim Tomlinson and Jim Tomlinson

Book Overview

This major new addition to Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History analyzes the economic policies of the Attlee Government, incorporating already published literature and much new research. It integrates the politics of economic policy-making with the economic arguments. It stresses the importance of the government's drive for efficiency, and strongly questions the claim that in building a "welfare state" the government neglected production...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892597
• ISBN13: 9780521892599
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"