ESCP Europe

Item type

Book

Language

anglais

Pages

xv, 476 p.

Publication year

1982

Content notes

PART 1: POLITICS 1. Monarchy: the surviving tribe 2. Parliament: the faltering pendulum 3. Conservatives: consensus and the iron lady 4. Trade unions: politics, wages and the dole 5. Labour: widening rift 6. Social democrats and liberals: capturing the middle ground PART 2: GOVERNMENT 7. Schools: the private resurgence 8. Universities: expanding, contracting 9. The law: judges and politics 10. Civil service: the unloved establishment 11. The treasury: can the centre hold? 12. Local government and regions: decentralization defeated 13. Police: the sharp end of government 14. Scientists and engineers: frustrating the future 15. Diplomats: salesmen and spies 16. Armed forces: the victory for secrecy PART 3: FINANCE 17. The city: the permissive old lady 18. Bankers: the international island 19. Pensions and insurance: the reluctant owners PART 4: INDUSTRY 20. Farmers: the pre-industrial revival 21. Companies: bigness and small ness 22. Entrepreneurs: the outsiders come inside 23. Corporations: chairmen and paternalism 24. State capitalists: governments and industry 25. Nationalised industries: custodians or competitors? 26. Multinational corporations: the global market 27. The press and tycoons: the threat to diversity 28. Television; the end of paternalism? Conclusion: the post imperial trap

PART 1: POLITICS 1. Monarchy: the surviving tribe 2. Parliament: the faltering pendulum 3. Conservatives: consensus and the iron lady 4. Trade unions: politics, wages and the dole 5. Labour: widening rift 6. Social democrats and liberals: capturing the middle ground PART 2: GOVERNMENT 7. Schools: the private resurgence 8. Universities: expanding, contracting 9. The law: judges and politics 10. Civil service: the unloved establishment 11. The treasury: can the centre hold? 12. Local government and regions: decentralization defeated 13. Police: the sharp end of government 14. Scientists and engineers: frustrating the future 15. Diplomats: salesmen and spies 16. Armed forces: the victory for secrecy PART 3: FINANCE 17. The city: the permissive old lady 18. Bankers: the international island 19. Pensions and insurance: the reluctant owners PART 4: INDUSTRY 20. Farmers: the pre-industrial revival 21. Companies: bigness and small ness 22. Entrepreneurs: the outsiders come inside 23. Corporations: chairmen and paternalism 24. State capitalists: governments and industry 25. Nationalised industries: custodians or competitors? 26. Multinational corporations: the global market 27. The press and tycoons: the threat to diversity 28. Television; the end of paternalism? Conclusion: the post imperial trap.