The Liberal Party and the economy, 1929-1964 /

This book explores the reception, generation, and use of economic ideas in the British Liberal Party between its electoral decline in the 1920s and 1930s, and its post-war revival under Jo Grimond. Drawing on archival sources, party publications, and the press, this volume analyses the diverse intel...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sloman, Peter, 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Oxford historical monographs.
Subjects:
Liberal Party (Great Britain) > History > 20th century.
Liberal Party (Great Britain)
Liberal Party
1900-1999
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
Economic policy
Politics and government
Wirtschaftspolitik
Great Britain > Politics and government > 20th century.
Great Britain > Economic policy > 20th century.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique économique > 20e siècle.
Great Britain
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the wilderness years
  • Economic inheritances
  • The Liberals, Keynes, and the Slump, 1929-31
  • Defending economic internationalism, 1931-5
  • From 'middle opinion' to Ownership for all, 1935-9
  • Planning for war and peace, 1939-45
  • Clement Davies and Liberal Keynesianism, 1945-56
  • Jo Grimond and the Liberal revival, 1956-64
  • Conclusion: progressives, distributists, and neoliberals.

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