Overview
Examines the economic policy responses of states to the Great Depression of the interwar period
Identifies broad policy patterns and offers an explanation which emphasizes the ideational disposition of actors
Argues that ideas regarding business and labour largely determined economic policy variation across nations
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is about national economic policy responses to the Great Depression of the interwar period. Taking off from a generally liberal starting point in the 1920s, states diverged greatly in their responses. Some were daring while others remained conservative. The two groups further differed among themselves in both degree and kind. The book gives a certain shape to this messy reality by identifying broad policy patterns (paradigms), and offers an explanation of it which emphasizes the ideational disposition of policy actors while recognizing the context that limits what they can do. More specifically, it argues that the ideas held by rulers and the strategies they consequently developed regarding three major groups of interest – business, labour, and, most critically, agrarians – largely determined economic policy variation across nations.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Adnan Türegün is Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University, Canada. His research interests include historical sociology, social stratification, professionalization, and immigrant economic integration.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Policy Responses to the Interwar Economic Crisis
Book Subtitle: Contending Ideas of the Economy
Authors: Adnan Türegün
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96953-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96952-3Published: 02 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-96955-4Published: 04 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-96953-0Published: 01 April 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 294
Topics: Economic Policy, International Relations, Economic History