Glen O'Hara
Biographic Data
| ID | 4546489 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glen O'Hara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glen |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Hara |
| SIGNATURE | HARA G O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford Brookes University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 30 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
New Labour in Power: Five Problems of Contemporary History
The history of New Labour is highly politicised, deployed either for its policy lessons (good or bad) or as a weapon in Labour's factional struggles. But, just as historians in the 1990s reassessed the premierships of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, so the distance of time and the opening of archives offers an opportunity to reappraise New Labour as history. Such work raises five methodological challenges: the lack of sufficient distance from …
The Russian Revolution has not yet taken place: British views of the Soviet economy between the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-seventies
This article examines British officials' and ministers' attitudes towards the Soviet Union's economy in the post-Second World War era. In the nineteen-fifties and early nineteen-sixties, public and some expert commentary posited Soviet economic 'success' based on the country's increasingly rapid growth rate, its potential for consumerization, the promise of economic reform, and the Soviet state's emphasis on education, science and the application…
Finnish water services: Experiences in global perspectives
This lavishly illustrated and colourful volume, published under the remit of the Finnish Water Utilities Association and following up the author’s previous two books on the subject, provides a fasc
Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959–c.1979
Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959-c.1979 The early 1960s saw a number of long-term plans being issued by the British government – for roads, hospitals, new towns, social care, and even the whole economy. A «Very Long Term Planning Group» within Whitehall even looked 25 years into the future, to inform the setting of priorities. By the 1970s, however, this effort seemed to have entirely broken down, …
The Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain . Edited by Simon Gunn and James Vernon
Inside the illicit economy: Reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth-century Bristol
Evan Jones's new book on Bristol smuggling is an important achievement in many respects. It will help economic historians refocus their attention on the long controversy about England's early moder
Kathleen Burk and the History of Diplomacy
Professor Kathleen Burk has worked on some of the key themes in the history of diplomacy for more than three decades. Foremost amongst them has been the role of financial strength in the projection of power, and other key themes have included the role of the individual in making state policy; the concept and practice of “imperialism”; and the importance of non-state actors, such as banks, businessmen, and even tourists in the interplay between na…
The foundations of British maritime ascendancy: Resources, logistics and the state, 1755-1815 - By Roger Morriss
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Foreign Office, and the Sachsenhausen Case, 1964–1968
This communication follows the evolution, reception, and implications of the parliamentary commissioner's critical 1968 report on Foreign Office ‘maladministration’ regarding compensation for British concentration camp inmates. It explores officials' and ministers' attitude to the investigative techniques associated with this new office, as well as their hostile reaction to the publicity and parliamentary controversy to which his work gave rise. …
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)." Social History, 34(3), pp. 386–387
This is What Growth Does’: British Views of the European Economies in the Prosperous ‘Golden Age’ of 1951—73
This article attempts to deconstruct and analyse British views of the European economies during the post-war years of fast growth, low unemployment and subdued inflation. Though there had been a great deal of academic attention paid to Britons’ self-perceptions, less research has been conducted as to how they saw the most relevant ‘other’: the societies and economies on either side of the English Channel. Two case-studies are utilized here to sug…
What the electorate can be expected to swallow’: Nationalisation, transnationalism and the shifting boundaries of the state in post-war Britain
This article attempts to show that there were three key elements to the changing policy mix as regards state economic intervention and ownership in post-war Britain. These have been relatively neglected by economic historians in favour of questions concerning ‘objective’ performance. They were: the uncertainty, confusion and competition of the two main political parties as to what the nationalised sector was for; attempts to escape an unpopular a…
Applied Socialism of a Fairly Moderate Kind’: Scandinavia, British policymakers and the post‐war housing market1
This article analyses general opinions of Scandinavia held by British policymakers in the post‐war period, before going on to examine a particular instance of Britain's attempts to copy ‘Scandinavian policies’ in the early 1960s. Given the generally positive views held as concerned Scandinavian economic and social policies at the time, and the influence those countries wielded in international economic and social policy networks, such attempts we…
Dynamic, Exciting, Thrilling Change’: The Wilson Government's Economic Policies, 1964–70
Much of the disillusionment with Harold Wilson as Labour's leader and prime minister was due to his perceived failure on the economic front. He pledged not to devalue sterling, but did exactly that in 1967; he promised to keep unemployment low, but had by 1970 accepted a higher rate of joblessness than the Conservatives had managed. Some of the elements in Labour's programme – the emphasis on steadier growth, for instance – were probably misguide…
Introduction: The Fall and Rise of a Reputation
Harold Wilson's Labour party came to power in October 1964 with a pledge to modernise Britain. ‘Modernisation’ was the omnibus phrase that he used in each and every area of policy, from the shape o
Conclusions: Harold Wilson's 1964–70 Governments and the Heritage of ‘New’ Labour
When I listened on Sunday to the tributes to Jim Callaghan, I recalled the 90th birthday party we gave for him in Downing Street a few years back. Around the room, Denis Healey talking to Roy Jenki
A journey without maps: The regional policies of the 1964–70 British Labour Government
O'Hara G. (2005) A journey without maps: the regional policies of the 1964-70 British Labour Government, Regional Studies 39 , 1183-1195. This paper examines four influences on British regional policy in the late 1960s: party politics in the context of the economic environment; the structure of government; the influence of the 'new regional economics'; and the impact of new knowledge and statistics. Much of the confusion of British regional polic…
Intractable, Obscure and Baffling’: The Incomes Policy of the Conservative Government, 1957–64
The study of British incomes policy has been hampered by the difficulty of developing a coherent overall analysis of the reasons for its appeal and effects. Historians have usually been interested in the details of party political disputation and policy-making. Political scientists and economists have instead explained the adoption and failure of such policies by reference to the structure of British democracy and the British economy. This articl…
Planned Growth of Incomes’ or ‘Emergency Gimmick’? The Labour Party, The Social Partners and Incomes Policy, 1964-70
Previous attempts to explain Britain's failure to develop an effective incomes policy have tended to focus on general causes. These have included the small scale of industry, the weakness of ‘peak associations’ of employers and trade unionists, or fragmentation and lack of expertise in government. While this article does not attempt to challenge the importance of these factors, it will attempt to tell a more detailed and specific story about Labo…
The Limits of US Power: Transatlantic Financial Diplomacy under the Johnson and Wilson Administrations, October 1964–November 1968
Historians' views of the transatlantic financial diplomacy of the later 1960s have been dominated by the idea of a secret deal made between President Lyndon Johnson and Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965, which traded US financial help for a continuation of the United Kingdom's world defence role. This notion has become extremely widespread, and is often taken for granted in historical writing. There was a high level of co-operation between the…
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)." Social History, 34(3), pp. 386–387
Applied Socialism of a Fairly Moderate Kind’: Scandinavia, British policymakers and the post‐war housing market1
This article analyses general opinions of Scandinavia held by British policymakers in the post‐war period, before going on to examine a particular instance of Britain's attempts to copy ‘Scandinavian policies’ in the early 1960s. Given the generally positive views held as concerned Scandinavian economic and social policies at the time, and the influence those countries wielded in international economic and social policy networks, such attempts we…
Intractable, Obscure and Baffling’: The Incomes Policy of the Conservative Government, 1957–64
The study of British incomes policy has been hampered by the difficulty of developing a coherent overall analysis of the reasons for its appeal and effects. Historians have usually been interested in the details of party political disputation and policy-making. Political scientists and economists have instead explained the adoption and failure of such policies by reference to the structure of British democracy and the British economy. This articl…
What the electorate can be expected to swallow’: Nationalisation, transnationalism and the shifting boundaries of the state in post-war Britain
This article attempts to show that there were three key elements to the changing policy mix as regards state economic intervention and ownership in post-war Britain. These have been relatively neglected by economic historians in favour of questions concerning ‘objective’ performance. They were: the uncertainty, confusion and competition of the two main political parties as to what the nationalised sector was for; attempts to escape an unpopular a…
New Labour in Power: Five Problems of Contemporary History
The history of New Labour is highly politicised, deployed either for its policy lessons (good or bad) or as a weapon in Labour's factional struggles. But, just as historians in the 1990s reassessed the premierships of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, so the distance of time and the opening of archives offers an opportunity to reappraise New Labour as history. Such work raises five methodological challenges: the lack of sufficient distance from …
This is What Growth Does’: British Views of the European Economies in the Prosperous ‘Golden Age’ of 1951—73
This article attempts to deconstruct and analyse British views of the European economies during the post-war years of fast growth, low unemployment and subdued inflation. Though there had been a great deal of academic attention paid to Britons’ self-perceptions, less research has been conducted as to how they saw the most relevant ‘other’: the societies and economies on either side of the English Channel. Two case-studies are utilized here to sug…
Dynamic, Exciting, Thrilling Change’: The Wilson Government's Economic Policies, 1964–70
Much of the disillusionment with Harold Wilson as Labour's leader and prime minister was due to his perceived failure on the economic front. He pledged not to devalue sterling, but did exactly that in 1967; he promised to keep unemployment low, but had by 1970 accepted a higher rate of joblessness than the Conservatives had managed. Some of the elements in Labour's programme – the emphasis on steadier growth, for instance – were probably misguide…
The Limits of US Power: Transatlantic Financial Diplomacy under the Johnson and Wilson Administrations, October 1964–November 1968
Historians' views of the transatlantic financial diplomacy of the later 1960s have been dominated by the idea of a secret deal made between President Lyndon Johnson and Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965, which traded US financial help for a continuation of the United Kingdom's world defence role. This notion has become extremely widespread, and is often taken for granted in historical writing. There was a high level of co-operation between the…
Conclusions: Harold Wilson's 1964–70 Governments and the Heritage of ‘New’ Labour
When I listened on Sunday to the tributes to Jim Callaghan, I recalled the 90th birthday party we gave for him in Downing Street a few years back. Around the room, Denis Healey talking to Roy Jenki
A journey without maps: The regional policies of the 1964–70 British Labour Government
O'Hara G. (2005) A journey without maps: the regional policies of the 1964-70 British Labour Government, Regional Studies 39 , 1183-1195. This paper examines four influences on British regional policy in the late 1960s: party politics in the context of the economic environment; the structure of government; the influence of the 'new regional economics'; and the impact of new knowledge and statistics. Much of the confusion of British regional polic…
Planned Growth of Incomes’ or ‘Emergency Gimmick’? The Labour Party, The Social Partners and Incomes Policy, 1964-70
Previous attempts to explain Britain's failure to develop an effective incomes policy have tended to focus on general causes. These have included the small scale of industry, the weakness of ‘peak associations’ of employers and trade unionists, or fragmentation and lack of expertise in government. While this article does not attempt to challenge the importance of these factors, it will attempt to tell a more detailed and specific story about Labo…
The Limits of US Power: Transatlantic Financial Diplomacy under the Johnson and Wilson Administrations, October 1964–November 1968
Historians' views of the transatlantic financial diplomacy of the later 1960s have been dominated by the idea of a secret deal made between President Lyndon Johnson and Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1965, which traded US financial help for a continuation of the United Kingdom's world defence role. This notion has become extremely widespread, and is often taken for granted in historical writing. There was a high level of co-operation between the…
Intractable, Obscure and Baffling’: The Incomes Policy of the Conservative Government, 1957–64
The study of British incomes policy has been hampered by the difficulty of developing a coherent overall analysis of the reasons for its appeal and effects. Historians have usually been interested in the details of party political disputation and policy-making. Political scientists and economists have instead explained the adoption and failure of such policies by reference to the structure of British democracy and the British economy. This articl…
Planned Growth of Incomes’ or ‘Emergency Gimmick’? The Labour Party, The Social Partners and Incomes Policy, 1964-70
Previous attempts to explain Britain's failure to develop an effective incomes policy have tended to focus on general causes. These have included the small scale of industry, the weakness of ‘peak associations’ of employers and trade unionists, or fragmentation and lack of expertise in government. While this article does not attempt to challenge the importance of these factors, it will attempt to tell a more detailed and specific story about Labo…
A journey without maps: The regional policies of the 1964–70 British Labour Government
O'Hara G. (2005) A journey without maps: the regional policies of the 1964-70 British Labour Government, Regional Studies 39 , 1183-1195. This paper examines four influences on British regional policy in the late 1960s: party politics in the context of the economic environment; the structure of government; the influence of the 'new regional economics'; and the impact of new knowledge and statistics. Much of the confusion of British regional polic…
Dynamic, Exciting, Thrilling Change’: The Wilson Government's Economic Policies, 1964–70
Much of the disillusionment with Harold Wilson as Labour's leader and prime minister was due to his perceived failure on the economic front. He pledged not to devalue sterling, but did exactly that in 1967; he promised to keep unemployment low, but had by 1970 accepted a higher rate of joblessness than the Conservatives had managed. Some of the elements in Labour's programme – the emphasis on steadier growth, for instance – were probably misguide…
Introduction: The Fall and Rise of a Reputation
Harold Wilson's Labour party came to power in October 1964 with a pledge to modernise Britain. ‘Modernisation’ was the omnibus phrase that he used in each and every area of policy, from the shape o
Conclusions: Harold Wilson's 1964–70 Governments and the Heritage of ‘New’ Labour
When I listened on Sunday to the tributes to Jim Callaghan, I recalled the 90th birthday party we gave for him in Downing Street a few years back. Around the room, Denis Healey talking to Roy Jenki
Applied Socialism of a Fairly Moderate Kind’: Scandinavia, British policymakers and the post‐war housing market1
This article analyses general opinions of Scandinavia held by British policymakers in the post‐war period, before going on to examine a particular instance of Britain's attempts to copy ‘Scandinavian policies’ in the early 1960s. Given the generally positive views held as concerned Scandinavian economic and social policies at the time, and the influence those countries wielded in international economic and social policy networks, such attempts we…
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)
The Politics of Housing: Power, Consumers, and Urban Culture (2007)." Social History, 34(3), pp. 386–387
This is What Growth Does’: British Views of the European Economies in the Prosperous ‘Golden Age’ of 1951—73
This article attempts to deconstruct and analyse British views of the European economies during the post-war years of fast growth, low unemployment and subdued inflation. Though there had been a great deal of academic attention paid to Britons’ self-perceptions, less research has been conducted as to how they saw the most relevant ‘other’: the societies and economies on either side of the English Channel. Two case-studies are utilized here to sug…
What the electorate can be expected to swallow’: Nationalisation, transnationalism and the shifting boundaries of the state in post-war Britain
This article attempts to show that there were three key elements to the changing policy mix as regards state economic intervention and ownership in post-war Britain. These have been relatively neglected by economic historians in favour of questions concerning ‘objective’ performance. They were: the uncertainty, confusion and competition of the two main political parties as to what the nationalised sector was for; attempts to escape an unpopular a…
The Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration, the Foreign Office, and the Sachsenhausen Case, 1964–1968
This communication follows the evolution, reception, and implications of the parliamentary commissioner's critical 1968 report on Foreign Office ‘maladministration’ regarding compensation for British concentration camp inmates. It explores officials' and ministers' attitude to the investigative techniques associated with this new office, as well as their hostile reaction to the publicity and parliamentary controversy to which his work gave rise. …
The foundations of British maritime ascendancy: Resources, logistics and the state, 1755-1815 - By Roger Morriss
Inside the illicit economy: Reconstructing the smugglers' trade of sixteenth-century Bristol
Evan Jones's new book on Bristol smuggling is an important achievement in many respects. It will help economic historians refocus their attention on the long controversy about England's early moder
Kathleen Burk and the History of Diplomacy
Professor Kathleen Burk has worked on some of the key themes in the history of diplomacy for more than three decades. Foremost amongst them has been the role of financial strength in the projection of power, and other key themes have included the role of the individual in making state policy; the concept and practice of “imperialism”; and the importance of non-state actors, such as banks, businessmen, and even tourists in the interplay between na…
The Peculiarities of Liberal Modernity in Imperial Britain . Edited by Simon Gunn and James Vernon
Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959–c.1979
Temporal Governance. Time, Exhortation and Planning in British Government, c.1959-c.1979 The early 1960s saw a number of long-term plans being issued by the British government – for roads, hospitals, new towns, social care, and even the whole economy. A «Very Long Term Planning Group» within Whitehall even looked 25 years into the future, to inform the setting of priorities. By the 1970s, however, this effort seemed to have entirely broken down, …
Finnish water services: Experiences in global perspectives
This lavishly illustrated and colourful volume, published under the remit of the Finnish Water Utilities Association and following up the author’s previous two books on the subject, provides a fasc
The Russian Revolution has not yet taken place: British views of the Soviet economy between the nineteen-fifties and nineteen-seventies
This article examines British officials' and ministers' attitudes towards the Soviet Union's economy in the post-Second World War era. In the nineteen-fifties and early nineteen-sixties, public and some expert commentary posited Soviet economic 'success' based on the country's increasingly rapid growth rate, its potential for consumerization, the promise of economic reform, and the Soviet state's emphasis on education, science and the application…
New Labour in Power: Five Problems of Contemporary History
The history of New Labour is highly politicised, deployed either for its policy lessons (good or bad) or as a weapon in Labour's factional struggles. But, just as historians in the 1990s reassessed the premierships of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, so the distance of time and the opening of archives offers an opportunity to reappraise New Labour as history. Such work raises five methodological challenges: the lack of sufficient distance from …
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