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  • © 1991

The State in Business

1945 to the mid-1980s

Authors:

  1. William Ashworth
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 1-16

  3. The Sequence of Nationalisation

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 17-41

  4. Objectives

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 42-58

  5. Means

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 59-89

  6. Performance

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 90-163

  7. Critique

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 164-185

  8. Conclusions

    • William Ashworth
    Pages 186-208

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 209-240
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About this book

By its large programme of nationalisation, the 1945 Labour government inaugurated a new phase in the history of state enterprise, which has been ended by the privatisations of the 1980s. This book looks at this forty-year phase as a whole, considering the motives for nationalisation and summarising the legislation and policies. It discusses the objectives set for publicly-owned businesses, the resources available to them, and their achievements and short-comings, and in doing so casts doubt on some of the cherished assumptions and slogans of both the left and the right in politics.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The State in Business

  • Book Subtitle: 1945 to the mid-1980s

  • Authors: William Ashworth

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21529-4

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1991

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 240

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Economic History

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