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Author Toye, Richard

Title The Labour Party and the Planned Economy, 1931-1951 / Richard Toye
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Contents Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Planning: birth of an idea -- 2. Plan or perish: 1931 and its impact -- 3. Practical economics?: 1932-1939 -- 4. The economic consequences of the war -- 5. Shall the spell be broken? -- 6. Planning for reconstruction -- 7. International planning: external economic policy in the 1940s -- 8. Bricks without straw: unplanned socialism, 1945-1947 -- 9. Planning, priorities and politics, 1947-1951 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary In the general election of 1931, the Labour Party campaigned on the slogan 'Plan or Perish'. The party's pledge to create a planned socialist economy was a novelty, and marked the rejection of the gradualist, evolutionary socialism to which Labour had adhered under the leadership of Ramsay MacDonald. Although heavily defeated in that election, Labour stuck to its commitment. The Attlee government came to power in 1945 determined to plan comprehensively. Yet, the aspiration to create a fully planned economy was not met. This book explores the origins and evolution of the promise, in order to explain why it was not fulfilled. RICHARD TOYE lectures in history at Homerton College, Cambridge
Notes Title from publishers bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Apr 2014)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Labour Party (Great Britain)
SUBJECT Labour Party (Great Britain) fast
Subject Central planning -- Great Britain -- History
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- History & Theory.
Central planning
Economic policy
Politics and government
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Economic policy -- 1918-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056680
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1910-1936. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056918
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056919
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781846151002
1846151007