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Paperback | 18 April 2002

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In this 1995 study of the causes of nationalisation, experts in British industrial history analyse the public ownership debates, and explain how many well-informed and moderate groups came to believe that the public ownership of certain major industries would be economically beneficial. During Attlee's Labour governments of 1945â"51 a number of important industries, including coal, electricity, the railways and gas were taken into public ownership, and legislation was passed for the nationalisation of the steel industry. It was then argued that nationalisation would lead to an improvement in the efficiency of these key sectors, on which the rest of British industry depended for inputs. This study examines the historical issues and uses detailed case studies of industries to explore the public ownership debate.

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'... an admirable collection of papers on the political and economic background to nationalisation.' The Financial Times

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History European History British & Irish History Economics Political Economy Economic History Business & Management Ownership & Organisation of Enterprises Public Ownership & Nationalisation Development Economics & Emerging Economies

Government and Industry 1920-50
Industrial organisation and economic factors in nationalisation
Labour, the Conservatives and nationalisation
Case Studies of Industry Organisation, Performance and Nationalisation
The coal industry: images and realities on the road to nationalisation
The changing role of government in British civil air transport 1919-49
The motor vehicle industry
The railway companies and the nationalisation issue 1920-50
The motives for gas nationalisation practicality or ideology
Public ownership and the British arms industry 1920-50
The water industry 1900-51: a failure of public policy?
Debating the nationalisation of the cotton industry, 1918-50
Government and the Process of Industrial Change in the 1940s
'The thin edge of the wedge?': nationalisation and industrial structure during the Second World War
The political economy of nationalisation: the electricity industry
Partners and enemies: the government's decision to nationalise steel 1944-48
Review and Conclusions
The ownership of British industry in the post-war era: an explanation
Index
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