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Wage politics in Britain : the rise and fall of incomes policies since 1945 / Peter Dorey.
Lippincott Library HD5015 .D67 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dorey, Peter, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wages--Great Britain--History.
- Wages.
- Income distribution--Great Britain--History.
- Income distribution.
- Economic policy.
- History.
- Great Britain--Economic policy--History.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--1945-.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 265 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Brighton, UK ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2001.
- Contents:
- 1 Wage politics in Britain 1
- 2 What is to be done about wages? The Attlee governments, 1945-1951 8
- 3 Seeking conciliation and consensus: The Conservatives, 1951-1964 36
- 4 Through deflation and devaluation to despair: The Wilson governments, 1964-1970 64
- 5 The U-turn beyond Selsdon: The Heath government, 1970-1974 105
- 6 Seeking to sustain a social contract: The Wilson
- Callaghan governments, 1974-1979 141
- 7 Back to free collective bargaining and beyond: The Thatcher
- Major governments, 1979-1997 173
- 8 Towards New Labour, away from incomes policy: The Labour Party, 1979-2001 201
- 9 The rise and fall of incomes policy in Britain since 1945 226.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [246]-255) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1902210913
- OCLC:
- 46683667
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