Andrew Graham, Anthony Seldon

Government and Economies in the Postwar World

Economic Policies and Comparative Performance, 1945-85

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Government and Economies in the Postwar World" presents a collection of essays that review the postwar histories of ten countries. The contributors discuss the main objectives and instruments of economic policy, the institutional framework, and the political structure of their subjects, as they have taken shape since the Second World War. Together, these studies present a comprehensive portrait of the genesis of today's volatile world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 485g
• ISBN-13: 9780415072885
• ISBN-10: 0415072883
• Artikelnr.: 22107512

Autorenporträt

Graham, Andrew

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction Part I 2 The international environment 3 The United Kingdom
4 France 5 West Germany 6 Italy 7 Spain 8 Scandinavia 9 Eastern Europe Part
one: The group as a whole Part two: The case of Czechoslovakia 10 The
Soviet Union 11 The United States 12 Japan Part II 13 Comparative economic
performance of the OECD countries, 1950-87: a summary of the evidence 14
Benefits of backwardness and costs of continuity 15 Economic policies and
traditions 16 The meaning of hard work 17 Political institutions and
economic performance