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The Failure of the Heath Government

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  • © 1997
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  1. Martin Holmes

    1. St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Political Setting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Electoral victory and the ‘Quiet Revolution’

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 3-14

  3. Political Pressure and Economic Policy

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. The Industrial Relations Act: its origins, operation and consequences

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 17-36

    3. The U-Turn over industry policy

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 37-54

    4. The ‘N minus 1’ experiment and the reaction to rising unemployment

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 55-76

    5. The ‘Heath Dilemma’ and the drift to incomes policy

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 77-90

    6. The operation of Stages I and II

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 91-101

    7. Stage III, the miners’ strike and the February 1974 election

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 102-124

  4. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Policy reversals and Prime Ministerial power

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 127-139

    3. Policy reversals and contemporary Conservatism

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 140-150

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 151-164
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About this book

Second revised edition of a study of the Conservative government of 1970-74 which discusses and attacks recent revisionist interpretations which exonerate Heath from culpability for the economic and industrial meltdown of 1972-74. Reveals the economic, political and electoral misjudgements of the Heath government.

Reviews

'...important and strongly recommended, neatly packaged and eminently readable, and written with a clarity and authority that one can but envy.' - Cyril Townsend, House Magazine

'...refreshing for a political writer to treat economic policy seriously rather than as a form of black magic which affects the parties' standing in the polls.' - Samuel Brittan, Financial Times

'...interesting, detailed and often stimulating contribution to the acromonious debate about the nature of true Conservatism.' - Andrew Gamble, Political Studies

'...revisionist, readable study seeks to show the full extent of the political, economic and electoral misjudgements of Heath's government.' - Sunday Times

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  • St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK

    Martin Holmes

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