1st Edition

The Decline of Jute Managing Industrial Change

By Carlo Morelli Copyright 2011

    By looking at the decline of the jute industry, this study assesses the successes and failures of Britain’s managed economy. It also addresses broader arguments about the political economy of twentieth-century Britain.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 The Story up to 1939; Chapter 2 De-Globalization and Decline, 1939–99; Chapter 3 The Industry and its Workforce; Chapter 4 Defending the Domestic Industry; Chapter 5 Firms’ Responses to the Decline of the Industry; Chapter 6 Influencing Government; Chapter 7 The Decline of Jute and the Economic Health of Dundee; conclusion Conclusions;

    Biography

    Morelli, Carlo