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From depression to devolution : economy and government in Wales, 1934-2006 / Leon Gooberman.
Lippincott Library HC257.W3 G66 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gooberman, Leon, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Industries.
- History.
- Industrial policy.
- Politics and government.
- Economic policy.
- Economic conditions.
- Wales--Economic conditions--20th century.
- Wales.
- Wales--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Wales--Economic policy.
- Wales--Politics and government--20th century.
- Wales--Politics and government--21st century.
- Industrial policy--Wales--History.
- Industries--Wales--History.
- Home rule--Wales.
- Home rule.
- Decentralization in government--Great Britain.
- Decentralization in government.
- Great Britain.
- Economic history.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 265 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
- Other Title:
- Economy and government in Wales, 1934-2006
- Place of Publication:
- Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- From Depression to Devolution is the first book in more than thirty years to offer an extended, detailed look at the Welsh economy in the twentieth century. Leon Gooberman tracks the Welsh economy through the many far-reaching economic upheavals of that time, which ranged from depression to war to deindustrialization to international economic integration. Throughout, Gooberman shows, Wales was a laboratory for the United Kingdom's experiments in government intervention in the economy, from clearance of land left derelict by industry to investments in urban renewal. -- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- I Depression, War and Reconstruction, 1934-1951 9
- The economic inheritance 9
- The great depression and the birth of regional policy in the 1930s 15
- Total war and central planning, 1939-1945 22
- The impact of government action 27
- Reconstruction, 1945-1951 33
- Interventions 39
- II The Age of Factories, 1951-1970 51
- Economic growth and regional policy during the 'golden age' 51
- Growth and decline within the resource-based industries 57
- Interventions 61
- The administrative emergence of Wales 71
- Conclusion 77
- III Keeping Afloat: The 1970s 85
- The end of the 'golden age' and the peak of regional aid 85
- Uncertain times in the resource-based industries 90
- The Welsh Office and job creation 93
- Interventions 98
- Conclusion 108
- IV Crisis, Response and the Impact of Margaret Thatcher: 1979-1987 113
- The collapse of manufacturing and the eclipse of regional policy 113
- Redundancies, subsidies and strikes in the resource-based industries 118
- Emergency action from the Welsh Office 123
- Interventions 127
- Conclusion 142
- V A New Wales? 1987-1997 151
- Optimism and disappointment 151
- Changing views at the Welsh Office 156
- Controversy within the development agencies 161
- Interventions 165
- Conclusion 179
- VI Devolution and Its Discontents: 1997-2006 185
- Stability and growth 185
- The last years of the Welsh Office, 1997- 1999 188
- Quagmire at the National Assembly for Wales, 1999-2006 191
- The bonfire of the quangos 196
- Interventions 199
- Conclusion 211.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-253) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783169580
- 1783169583
- OCLC:
- 957507328
- Publisher Number:
- 99972303358
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