1st Edition

Planning and Politics The British Experience 1960-1976

By Michael Shanks Copyright 1977
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1977, Planning and Politics examines Britain’s economic planning experiments during a period when the country’s seemingly intractable economic problems had become one of the major weaknesses of the western world. Since 1960, both Conservative and Labour governments carried out a series of experiments to plan the country’s affairs better and involve industry and trade unions... Read more

Foreword by Sir Montague Finniston Preface Introduction 1960–1964: Planning Under the Conservatives 1964–1966: Labour’s National Plan 1966–1972: Planning in the Doldrums 1972–1976: Return to Planning Planning: Lessons, Issues and Options Conclusion Appendices

Biography

Michael Shanks