Twenty Years of Nationalisation. The British experience

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  • Name Public ownership & control inc nationalisation, municipalisation & privatisation
  • Name Government & business & industry policy

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Assesses the progress of the nationalised industries over the first c20 years of their existence, focusing especially on coal, transport, electricity, gas, and iron and steel, and the 1960s period which was notable for quickening development of these industries under Labour governments. Structured in four parts: 1] 'Socialist thought on nationalisation to 1945'; 2] 'History of the nationalised industries' - Coal / Transport / Electricity / Gas / Steel; 3] 'Aspects of nationalised industries' - 'Parliament and the nationalised industries' / 'Government and the nationalised industries - addendum' / 'Finances and economics of the nationalised industries' / 'Men of the Boards and their staff' / 'The workers of the nationalised industries' / 'The consumer and the nationalised industries'; 4] 'Labour policy on nationalisation after 1945';'The public corporation in Britain'; 'Conclusion'