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Bringing together renowned scholars in the field with younger researchers, this interdisciplinary study of the history of post-war industrial policy in Europe investigates transfers across borders and locates industrial policy in the context of the Cold War from a global perspective.

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Author:   C. Grabas ,  A. Nützenadel
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   6.054kg
ISBN:  

9781137329899

ISBN 10:   1137329890
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   31 March 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Christian Grabas and Alexander Nützenadel PART I: WESTERN EUROPE 1. European Industrial Policies in the Post-War Boom: 'Planning the Economic Miracle'; James Foreman-Peck 2. The State and Industrial Policy in Britain, 1950–1974; Martin Chick 3. What's in a Name? French Industrial Polic, 1950–1975; William James Adams 4. Ensuring Economic Growth and Socio-Economic Stabilization: Industrial Policy In West Germany, 1950–1975; Stefan Grüner 5. Swedish Industrial Policy: From General Policies to Crisis Management, 1950-1980; Jan Bohlin 6. Planning the Economic Miracle? Industrial Policy in Italy Between Boom and Crisis; Christian Grabas 7. Was it a Spanish Miracle? Development Plans and Regional Industrialization, 1950-1975; Joseba de la Torre and Mario García-Zúñiga PART II: TRANSNATIONAL AND GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES 8. Towards a Global History of the Marshall Plan: European Post-War Reconstruction and the Rise of Development Economic Expertise; Daniel Speich Chassé 9. Towards a European Industrial Policy? The European Economic Community (EEC) Debates, 1957–1975; Laurent Warlouzet 10. Entangled Industrialization: The EEC and Industrial Development in Francophone West Africa; Martin Rempe 11. The EEC and the Challenge of the ACP States' Industrialization, 1972–1975; Guia Migani PART III: THE SOVIET BLOC 12. Industrial Policy and its Failure in the Soviet Bloc; Ivan Tibor Berend 13. Planning Priorities, Managing Shortages: Industrial Policy in the GDR from Stalinism to Welfare Dictatorship; Ralf Ahrens 14. Economic Growth and the Industrial Development Policy in Hungary, 1950-1975; Pál Germuska 15. Industrial Performance in the USSR: Influences of State Priorities, Economic System, Industrial Policies, and Hidden Processes, 1945–1980; Christopher Mark Davis

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William James Adams, University of Michigan, USA Ralf Ahrens, Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam, Germany Ivan Tibor Berend, University of California, USA Jan Bohlin, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Martin Chick, University of Edinburgh, UK Christopher Mark Davis, University of Oxford, UK James Foreman-Peck, Cardiff University, UK Mario García-Zúñiga, University of the Basque Country Pál Germuska, Military History Institute and Museum of the Hungarian Ministry of Defence Stefan Grüner, University of Augsburg, Germany Guia Migani, University of Louvain / University of Padua, Italy Martin Rempe, University of Konstanz, Germany Daniel Speich Chassé, University of Lucerne, Switzerland Joseba De la Torre, Public University of Navarre, France Laurent Warlouzet, University of Artois / London School of Economics, UK

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