Industry and the state / P. Sargant Florence.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florence, P. Sargant (Philip Sargant), 1890-1982., author.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Economics.

Routledge library editions. Economics

Industrial economics ; 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial policy--Great Britain.

Industrial policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxon [England] : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

This book presents a chronology of state policy in industry since the 1500s to the mid twentieth century, and explains the ideas that have shaped it.<BR><BR>Includes chapters on:<BR>The state and exploitation; state participation in industry; state information and services; state operation of industry and state control over industry.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter I. ETHICS, SCIENCE AND ART OF STATE POLICY IN INDUSTRY; Chapter II. FOURTEEN DECADES OF STATE POLICY IN INDUSTRY; 1 A Chronology; 2 Laissez-Faire and the Minimum of State Interference; 3 Philosophic Reconsideration; 4 Towards Present Policy and Thought; 5 Analysis of the Relations of the State to Industry; Chapter III. STATE DEFENCE FROM EXPLOITATION; 1 Direct Defence of Labour from the Employer

2 Wages Councils and Alternative Structures3 Aims of the Wages Councils; 4 Success and Future of the Wages Councils; 5 The Defence of the Shareholder; 6 The Defence of the Independent Trader, and the Consumer; Chapter IV. PARTICIPATION OF STATE WITH INDUSTRY; 1 An Introductory Outline; 2 Intervention in Negotiation; 3 Joint Industrial Councils and Joint Consultation; 4 Review and Analysis of State Participation in Labour Policy; 5 Participation for Industrial Development; 6 State Participation and Democracy; Chapter V. STATE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PALLIATIVES

1 Introductory Distinctions2 Information about Industry; 3 Services for Industry; 4 Palliatives against the Hazards of Industry; Chapter VI. STATE OPERATION OF INDUSTRY; 1 The Structure and Procedure of State Operation; 2 Public Corporation Policy and Outside Pressures; 3 The Formal Embodiment of Consumers and National Interests; 4 The Aims and Limits of State Operation; 5 The State as Consumer and Trader in Industry; 6 A Summary; Chapter VII. STATE CONTROL OVER INDUSTRY; 1 Recapitulation and Finale; 2 Powers and Tools of State; 3 The Men Behind the Tools

4 Aims and Achievements of Control5 Control and Totality of State Action; Books for Further Reading; Index

Notes:

First published in 1957.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-191) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 5, 2013).

ISBN:

1-136-51205-5

1-138-87862-6

1-315-01663-X

1-136-51198-9

9781315016634

OCLC:

862048891