|
Acknowledgements
1 Wage politics in Britain
2 What is to be done about wages? The Attlee
governments, 1945–1951
3 Seeking conciliation and consensus: The
Conservatives, 1951–1964
4 Through deflation and devaluation to despair:
The Wilson governments, 1964–1970
5 The U-turn beyond Selsdon: The Heath government,
1970–1974
6 Seeking to sustain a social contract: The
Wilson–Callaghan governments, 1974–1979
7 Back to free collective bargaining and
beyond: The Thatcher–Major governments, 1979–1997
8 Towards New Labour, away from incomes policy:
The Labour Party, 1979–2001
9 The rise and fall of incomes policy in
Britain since 1945
Bibliography
Index
|
“As a chronicle of the
political debates surrounding incomes policies, this volume
is as comprehensive and well-argued as one could hope for.
It powerfully and vividly recreates the terms of the ideological
and political conflicts…and will become the standard
account of those developments.” Industrial and Labor
Relations Review
“A comprehensive analysis of the
many attempts at incomes control that have been introduced
by Governments of both persuasions since 1945.” The
Business Economist
“A much-needed reassessment of the history of income
policies in Britain. It is an important book for those concerned
with post-1945 British history, both political and economic,
as well as for those interested in the history of industrial
relations.” Chris Wrigley, Professor of Modern British
History, University of Nottingham
“This readable and well-researched
volume deals with the fundamental conflict in post-war British
labour history between the desire of trade unions to remain
collective bargainers free from state control and the needs
of governments to contain wage–push inflation through
incomes policies. It is a valuable contribution to an all-important
debate that did so much to shape the character of Britain’s
post-war political economy.” Robert Taylor, Financial
Times
|
