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  • Interwar Britain

    A Social and Economic History

    by Sean Glynn, John Oxborrow ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1976, Interwar Britain presents a highly readable and up-to-date account of a crucial period in modern British history. The major economic and social issues, ranging from economic growth and policy to social welfare and housing, are examined in detail, and full account is taken both of recent research and of the important areas of ignorance.The emphasis, however, is upon ... Read more

    $109.99 CAD

  • Modern Britain

    An Economic and Social History

    by Sean Glynn, Alan Booth ...
    Modern Britain focuses on two major periods of British history; the interwar period, and postwar Britain. The authors compare and contrast developments in the two periods, dealing with the themes of:* growth and welfare* industry* labour* social policy* the economyCombining a narrative with a conceptual and analytic approach,Modern Britain provides an end-of-century review of progress and decline ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • The Road to Full Employment

    Edited by Sean Glynn, Alan Booth ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Employment and Unemployment
    First published in 1987. This volume explores the inter-war unemployment problem and the development of economic and social policy in relation to that problem. Contemporary policies and levels of unemployment can only be compared with the inter-war period and in recent years economists and other commentators have increasingly turned their attention to the 1930s.This book is written by a group of ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

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    Australia After the Boom

    by Ross Garnaut ...
    Series Book 3 - Redback
    A blueprint for the nation after the boom.Australians have just lived through a period of exceptional prosperity, but, says influential economist Ross Garnaut, the Dog Days are on their way. Are we ready for the challenges ahead?In Dog Days, Garnaut explains how we got here, what we can expect next and the tough choices we need to make to survive the new economic conditions. Are we clever enough – ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • The State We're In

    (Revised Edition)

    by Will Hutton ...
    The number one bestseller on the hardback list for more than six months, The State We're In is the most explosive analysis of British society to have been published for over thirty years. It is now updated for the paperback edition. ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The 'Too Difficult' Box

    The Big Issues Polititians Can't Crack

    Edited by Charles Clarke ...
    HOW DO YOU SOLVE A PROBLEM LIKE... BANKING? DRUG REGULATION? NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT? PROSTITUTION? PENSIONS? It's no secret that a myriad of long-term problems facing our society are not effectively dealt with by our current system of government; indeed, many are simply set aside and disappear completely from the short-term political agenda. Why? Because they are 'too difficult' to solve. From ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bankruptcy, bubbles and bailouts

    The inside history of the Treasury since 1976

    by Aeron Davis ...
    Series series Manchester Capitalism
    The Treasury is one of Britain’s oldest, most powerful and secretive institutions, one that has played a central role in shaping the country's economic system. But all too often it has escaped public scrutiny when it comes to investigating the ups and downs of the UK economy.When portrayed, it is usually as a bedrock of government stability in times of crisis, repeatedly rescuing the nation’s ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Implications of the Euro

    A Critical Perspective from the Left

    Edited by Mark Baimbridge, Brian Burkitt, Philip Whyman ...
    To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there are noticeable divisions in opinion across British business, the trade union movement and within the ... Read more

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  • What's Left Now?

    The History and Future of Social Democracy

    by Andrew Hindmoor ...
    Our sense of history shapes how we think about ourselves. One of the distinguishing features of the left in Britain is that it holds to a remorselessly bleak and miserabilist view of our recent political history -- one in which Margaret Thatcher's election in 1979 marked the start of a still-continuing fall from political grace made evident by the triumph of a free market get-what-you-can ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • The New Zealand Experiment

    A World Model for Structural Adjustment?

    by Jane Kelsey ...
    Jane Kelsey’s was a questioning and challenging voice when she wrote this passionate critique of New Zealand’s economic policies in the 1980s and 90s. The social and economic consequences of a decade of market-based reforms are laid bare in this statistically rich and rhetorically powerful work.Drawing on a wide array of sources, Kelsey’s analysis delves into every aspect of the structural reforms ... Read more

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  • The Power in the Land

    by Fred Harrison ...
    This book is as relevant today as it was when it was published in 1983: we are faced with another global depression, which as it deepens, intensifies the pressure on governments and puts policy-makers in a dilemma. Every prescription has its negative: monetarism - unemployment; Keynesianism - inflation; and the planned economy - authoritarianism. This dilemma, the author argues, stems from a ... Read more

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  • The Richer, The Poorer

    How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor. A 200-Year History

    by Stewart Lansley ...
    The Richer, The Poorer charts the rollercoaster history of both rich and poor and the mechanisms that link wealth and impoverishment. This landmark book shows how, for 200 years, Britain’s most powerful elites have enriched themselves at the expense of surging inequality, mass poverty and weakened social resilience.Stewart Lansley reveals how Britain’s model of ‘extractive capitalism’ – with a ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD