Industry and the State.

Industry and the State.

This book presents a chronology of state policy in industry since the 1500s to the mid twentieth century, and explains the ideas that have shaped it. Includes chapters on:The state and exploitation; state participation in industry; state information and services; state operation of industry and stat...

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Main Author: Florence, P. Sargant
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2013.
Subjects:
Industrial policy > Great Britain.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General.
Industrial policy
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Introduction; Chapter I. ETHICS, SCIENCE AND ART OF STATE POLICY IN INDUSTRY; Chapter II. FOURTEEN DECADES OF STATE POLICY IN INDUSTRY; 1 A Chronology; 2 Laissez-Faire and the Minimum of State Interference; 3 Philosophic Reconsideration; 4 Towards Present Policy and Thought; 5 Analysis of the Relations of the State to Industry; Chapter III. STATE DEFENCE FROM EXPLOITATION; 1 Direct Defence of Labour from the Employer.
  • 2 Wages Councils and Alternative Structures3 Aims of the Wages Councils; 4 Success and Future of the Wages Councils; 5 The Defence of the Shareholder; 6 The Defence of the Independent Trader, and the Consumer; Chapter IV. PARTICIPATION OF STATE WITH INDUSTRY; 1 An Introductory Outline; 2 Intervention in Negotiation; 3 Joint Industrial Councils and Joint Consultation; 4 Review and Analysis of State Participation in Labour Policy; 5 Participation for Industrial Development; 6 State Participation and Democracy; Chapter V. STATE INFORMATION, SERVICES AND PALLIATIVES.
  • 1 Introductory Distinctions2 Information about Industry; 3 Services for Industry; 4 Palliatives against the Hazards of Industry; Chapter VI. STATE OPERATION OF INDUSTRY; 1 The Structure and Procedure of State Operation; 2 Public Corporation Policy and Outside Pressures; 3 The Formal Embodiment of Consumers and National Interests; 4 The Aims and Limits of State Operation; 5 The State as Consumer and Trader in Industry; 6 A Summary; Chapter VII. STATE CONTROL OVER INDUSTRY; 1 Recapitulation and Finale; 2 Powers and Tools of State; 3 The Men Behind the Tools.
  • 4 Aims and Achievements of Control5 Control and Totality of State Action; Books for Further Reading; Index.

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