{"product_id":"british-unemployment-1919-1939-a-study-in-public-policy-hardback-9780521364430","title":"British Unemployment 1919–1939; A Study in Public Policy (Hardback) 9780521364430","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritish Unemployment 1919–1939\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Study in Public Policy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1990 book is a comprehensive study of government reactions to the interwar unemployment problem.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eW. R. Garside (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521364430, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 21 June 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm, 0.8 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this book is a delight and much needed....a first rate work....\"   Bentley Brinkerhoff Gilbert, Journal of Economic Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 1990 book is a comprehensive study of government reactions to the interwar unemployment problem. Drawing upon an extensive range of primary and secondary sources, it analyses official ameliorative policy towards unemployment and contemporary reactions to such intervention. In doing so, it highlights the struggle that emerged between conventional economic thinking and the calls made by radical economists, industrialists and politicians (including Keynes, Mosley and Lloyd George) for the state to play a more determinant role in economic recovery. There is detailed treatment of the nature and scale of interwar unemployment, regional policy and the complex history of unemployment assistance. In addition, careful study is made of the impact which unemployment had in influencing the conduct of public policy in related areas of economic concern, including industrial policy, overseas trade, colonial development, wage determination, labour supply and the content and purpose of monetary and fiscal policy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Introduction: 1. The nature, causes and dimensions of interwar unemployment\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Labour Market under Strain: 2. Defensive action: unemployment relief and public assistance 1919–32\u003cbr\u003e 3. Means to an end: insurance, assistance and the categorization of the unemployed, 1932–9\u003cbr\u003e 4. In and out of the labour market: hours of work, pensions and the school-leaving age\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The International Context: 5. On and off gold: unemployment, monetary policy and the exchange rate\u003cbr\u003e 6. Trade, tariffs and the stimulation of exports\u003cbr\u003e 7. Men, money and markets: the 'Empire solution' to unemployment, 1919–31\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Structural Unemployment, Industry and the Regions: 8. Industrial revival and reconstruction\u003cbr\u003e 9. Uneven development: regional policy, labour transference and industrial diversification\u003cbr\u003e Part V. Macroeconomic Policy Options: Theory and Practice: 10. Pricing jobs: the real wage debate and interwar unemployment\u003cbr\u003e 11. Relief or remedy? The development of public works policy, 1920–32\u003cbr\u003e 12. The limits of intervention: budgetary orthodoxy and the reduction of unemployment in the 1920s\u003cbr\u003e 13. New deal or no deal? Fiscal policy and the search for stability, 1930–9\u003cbr\u003e 14. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on 20th century history: c 1900  to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%2220th%20century%20history:%20c%201900%20%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913094095128,"sku":"9780521364430","price":81.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521364430i_8c022797-515f-4221-9e10-6beaf8cf09d5.jpg?v=1691375739","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/british-unemployment-1919-1939-a-study-in-public-policy-hardback-9780521364430","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}