Consensus Politics from Attlee to Thatcher
- ISBN-10
- 0631165657
- ISBN-13
- 9780631165651
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 137
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Authors
- Peter Morris, Dennis Kavanagh
Description
Kavanagh and Morris chronicle the rise and fall of the post-war consensus in five key policy areas, the mixed economy, full employment, trade unions, welfare and foreign policy, to provide an introduction to the key issues of recent ...
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