Wage Politics in Britain
The Rise and Fall of Incomes Policies since 1945
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3348144 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cicely Howell (0000-0001-8684-552X), Chris Howell, Pete Dorey (0000-0002-5213-644X), Peter Dorey |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 182 |
| Publication date | 2002-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Industrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3270658 |
| OpenAlex | W2056195213 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
This text provides a comprehensive and in-depth account of the history of incomes policies in post-war Britain, detailing in particular attempts at securing wage restraint pursued by each government up to 1979, and how and why incomes policies were abandoned thereafter
Economics · Government (linguistics) · Incomes policy · Keynesian economics · Labour economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Wage · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US
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| Citations per year | 0.47 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |