The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950 (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950 Experts in British industrial history analyse the causes of nationalisation in the 1940s.
Full description- Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Published: 18 April 2002
- Format: Paperback 340 pages
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- Categories: Development Economics | Economic History | Public Ownership / Nationalization | British & Irish History
- ISBN 13: 9780521892568 ISBN 10: 0521892562
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Full description for The Political Economy of Nationalisation in Britain, 1920-1950
In this study of the causes of nationalisation, experts in British industrial history analyse the public ownership debates, and explain how many well-informed and moderate groups came to believe that the public ownership of certain major industries would be economically beneficial. During Attlee's Labour governments of 1945-51 a number of important industries, including coal, electricity, the railways and gas were taken into public ownership, and legislation was passed for the nationalisation of the steel industry. It was then argued that nationalisation would lead to an improvement in the efficiency of these key sectors, on which the rest of British industry depended for inputs. This study examines the historical issues and uses detailed case studies of industries to explore the public ownership debate.
