Capitalism in Contention examines the ideas of business leaders on political, economic and ethical issues in modern Britain. Drawing on hitherto unexplored records and wide-ranging interviews, the book sheds new light on the Wilson, Heath and Thatcher periods, the "mixed economy" and the "New Right", the peak representative organizations of business, and business relationships with government. This book will be of value to students and scholars of political economy, economic history and business, and all those interested in the influence of an important actor in modern political life.
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"What a relief to have this book. I found its original and vivid presentation of the ideas of business timely, scholarly and stimulating. We need to have the issues Boswell and Peters bring back into focus debated again and again. How do we reconcile capitalism and democracy? What is the role of Business trying to behave as Citizen in a globalising society? Other cultures and other democracies will be struggling with these ideas of capitalism in contention." Sir Peter Parker
"What a relief to have this book. I found its original and vivid presentation of the ideas of business timely, scholarly and stimulating. We need to have the issues Boswell and Peters bring back into focus debated again and again. How do we reconcile capitalism and democracy? What is the role of Business trying to behave as Citizen in a globalising society? Other cultures and other democracies will be struggling with these ideas of capitalism in contention." Sir Peter Parker
"This book provides an innovative combination of archival research and theoretical analysis on the thinking of British business elites in the postwar years. It gives us a much greater understanding of the dynamics of these elites, and how their attitudes to economic and social life related to broader changes in the role of business in Britain. It has no serious rival in its field." Dr. Jim Tomlinson, Brunel University
"...ventures into new territory...." David J. Jeremy, Business History Review
"What a relief to have this book. I found its original and vivid presentation of the ideas of business timely, scholarly and stimulating. We need to have the issues Boswell and Peters bring back into focus debated again and again. How do we reconcile capitalism and democracy? What is the role of Business trying to behave as Citizen in a globalising society? Other cultures and other democracies will be struggling with these ideas of capitalism in contention." Sir Peter Parker
"This book provides an innovative combination of archival research and theoretical analysis on the thinking of British business elites in the postwar years. It gives us a much greater understanding of the dynamics of these elites, and how their attitudes to economic and social life related to broader changes in the role of business in Britain. It has no serious rival in its field." Dr. Jim Tomlinson, Brunel University
"...ventures into new territory...." David J. Jeremy, Business History Review
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Capitalism in Contention examines the ideas of business leaders on political, economic and et hical issues in modern Britain. Drawing on hitherto unexplored records and wide-ranging interviews, the book sheds new light on the Wilson, Heath and Thatcher periods, the 'mixed economy' and the 'New Right', the peak representative organisations of business, and business relationships with government. This book will be of value to students and scholars of political economy, economic history and business, and all those interested in the influence of an important actor in modern political life.
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By the 1950s Britain could claim the longest record of experienced of 'capitalism' in the Western world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social articulacy, articulate business leaders, business revisionists, advanced revisionists, reconstructionist ideas, budget representations, national economic forum, revisionist leaders, business opinion, peak organisations, peak bodies, leading revisionists, price restraint, trade union reform, business bodies, incomes policy, industrial relations legislation, nationalised industries, business representation, business ideology, business peers, pay determination, worker directors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Campbell Adamson, Maurice Laing, Labour Party, John Davies, Hugh Weeks, Paul Chambers, Industrial Relations Act, Lord Watkinson, Peter Parker, World War, Alex Jarratt, Charles Villiers, George Brown, Industrial Society, James Goldsmith, John Partridge, Tothill Street, Adrian Cadbury, Arthur Knight, Edward Heath, House of Lords, Institute of Directors, Nigel Vinson, Richard O'Brien, Walter Goldsmith New!
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By the 1950s Britain could claim the longest record of experienced of 'capitalism' in the Western world. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
social articulacy, articulate business leaders, business revisionists, advanced revisionists, reconstructionist ideas, budget representations, national economic forum, revisionist leaders, business opinion, peak organisations, peak bodies, leading revisionists, price restraint, trade union reform, business bodies, incomes policy, industrial relations legislation, nationalised industries, business representation, business ideology, business peers, pay determination, worker directors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Campbell Adamson, Maurice Laing, Labour Party, John Davies, Hugh Weeks, Paul Chambers, Industrial Relations Act, Lord Watkinson, Peter Parker, World War, Alex Jarratt, Charles Villiers, George Brown, Industrial Society, James Goldsmith, John Partridge, Tothill Street, Adrian Cadbury, Arthur Knight, Edward Heath, House of Lords, Institute of Directors, Nigel Vinson, Richard O'Brien, Walter Goldsmith New!
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