Keir M Thorpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 5844548 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Keir M Thorpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Keir M |
| FAMILY NAME | Thorpe |
| SIGNATURE | THORPE K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Thornbury Hospital |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Forgotten Shortage
The article focuses on the panicked response of the British government to the oil embargo imposed following the Six-Day War—a time when the UK was caught between the legacy of wartime methods of control and the advent of computerisation necessary for managing supplies in the age of mass consumption. It highlights both ministers' willingness to cast aside established policies in order to secure oil and the increasing weakness of the British govern…
Rendering the Strike Innocuous’
This article considers the strikes in essential industries which the Churchill and Eden governments faced in the mid-1950s. These strikes affected oil distribution, the docks and the railways and appeared to threaten the prospering economy. The article demonstrates that ministers held back from using the strong powers that were available to them to counter such strikes. These Conservative governments were dedicated to removing the lingering warti…
Statistical floodlighting'? The unpublished economic surveys 1946–47
This article seeks to place the first two Economic Surveys which were produced under the Labour governments 1945–51, in the context of that government's aim to plan the economy. It shows immediate thinking behind the surveys, rather than the philosophy of planning which had developed in the 1930s and early 1940s. It considers in particular the role of James Meade, Director of the Economic Section at the time, in shaping the views of officials and…
Statistical floodlighting'? The unpublished economic surveys 1946–47
This article seeks to place the first two Economic Surveys which were produced under the Labour governments 1945–51, in the context of that government's aim to plan the economy. It shows immediate thinking behind the surveys, rather than the philosophy of planning which had developed in the 1930s and early 1940s. It considers in particular the role of James Meade, Director of the Economic Section at the time, in shaping the views of officials and…
Statistical floodlighting'? The unpublished economic surveys 1946–47
This article seeks to place the first two Economic Surveys which were produced under the Labour governments 1945–51, in the context of that government's aim to plan the economy. It shows immediate thinking behind the surveys, rather than the philosophy of planning which had developed in the 1930s and early 1940s. It considers in particular the role of James Meade, Director of the Economic Section at the time, in shaping the views of officials and…
Rendering the Strike Innocuous’
This article considers the strikes in essential industries which the Churchill and Eden governments faced in the mid-1950s. These strikes affected oil distribution, the docks and the railways and appeared to threaten the prospering economy. The article demonstrates that ministers held back from using the strong powers that were available to them to counter such strikes. These Conservative governments were dedicated to removing the lingering warti…
The Forgotten Shortage
The article focuses on the panicked response of the British government to the oil embargo imposed following the Six-Day War—a time when the UK was caught between the legacy of wartime methods of control and the advent of computerisation necessary for managing supplies in the age of mass consumption. It highlights both ministers' willingness to cast aside established policies in order to secure oil and the increasing weakness of the British govern…
Economics (3 works) · Government (linguistics (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Historical Economic and Social Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Aside (1 work) · Australian History and Society (1 work)