Governing Post-War Britain

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Progress and its Paradoxes

   1. Introduction: Progress and its Paradoxes

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      Pages 1-8

3. Ideas from ‘the Outside’

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. The Use and Abuse of Foreign Archetypes in British Economic Policy

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   3. Archetype, Example or Warning? British Views of Scandinavia

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      Pages 28-49

4. Sliding Away from Stability

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   2. President Kennedy, Prime Minister Macmillan and the Gold Market, 1960–63

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      Pages 53-72

   3. President Johnson, Prime Minister Wilson and the Slow Collapse of Equilibrium, 1964–68

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      Pages 73-90

5. Governing Britain

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 91-91

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   2. The Creation and Early Work of the Parliamentary ‘Ombudsman’

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      Pages 93-111

   3. Sir Alec Cairncross and the Art and Craft of Economic Advice, 1961–69

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      Pages 112-130

   4. ‘An All Over Expansion’: The Politics of the Land in ‘Golden Age’ Britain

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      Pages 131-150

6. Educating the Nation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151

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   2. Planning the Education System in the Post-War Era

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      Pages 153-175

   3. Slum Schools, Civil Servants and Sociology: Educational Priority Areas, 1967–72

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      Pages 176-194

   4. Conclusion: Strange Triumphs?

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      Pages 195-200

7. Back Matter

   Pages 201-309

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Glen O'Hara draws a compelling picture of Second World War Britain by investigating relations between people and government: the electorate's rising expectations and demands for universally-available social services, the increasing complexity of the new solutions to these needs, and mounting frustration with both among both governors and governed.

• economic policy
• government
• parliament
• Policy
• work
• British Politics

'Governing Post-War Britain is a good contribution to scholarship about post-war Britain, exploring the shifting policy debates about international influence, the Anglo-American relationship and social reforms.' - European Review of History

• Oxford Brookes University, UK

  Glen O’Hara

GLEN O'HARA Reader in the History of Public Policy at Oxford Brookes University, UK. He is the author of several books about modern British history, including From Dreams to Disillusionment: Economic and Social Planning in 1960s Britain, and Britain and the Sea since 1600.

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