What the electorate can be expected to swallow’
Nationalisation, transnationalism and the shifting boundaries of the state in post-war Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8419965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Glen O’hara (Oxford Brookes University, corresponding author), Glen O'Hara (Oxford Brookes University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 501-528 |
| Publication date | 2009-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Business History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6791 • E-ISSN: 1743-7938 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00076790902998504 |
| OpenAlex | W2005447752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 85 |
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 and bureaucratic policy model; and recommendations and techniques copied from other countries. It is posited that these three analytical categories provide an explanation for the shifting boundaries of the state in post-war Britain
Bureaucracy · Competition (biology · Confusion · Economics · Intervention (counseling · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Transnationalism · Irish and British Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |