Politics & government books

The History of Trade Union Organisation in the North Staffordshire Potteries (1931) is an account, by a potter and...  Read More >>

Investment Economics (1969) examines the process of investment decision-making in firms, looking at the theory of...  Read More >>

Trade Signs and their Origin (1957) surveys the history and usage of traders’ signs in Britain. The use of distinguishing...  Read More >>

Crisis in the East European Economy (1982) examines developments in late-stage Soviet-style planned economies in...  Read More >>

The Allocation of Resources (1978) examines the main problems associated with resource allocation, such as those...  Read More >>

State and Economy in Contemporary Capitalism (1979) addresses the theories surrounding the function of the state...  Read More >>

State Responsiveness and State Activism (1989) compares social changes and the role of the state. It evaluates which...  Read More >>

An Economic History of the British Building Industry 1815–1979 (1982) looks at the crucial role the building industry...  Read More >>

An Introduction to Urban Renewal (1982) critically reviews policies focusing on the renewal of decaying inner urban...  Read More >>

Economics of Human Happiness (1933) is a treatise on how to be happy and civilized. The function of applied economics...  Read More >>

State Enterprise (1971) examines nationalized industries and their political control. It looks at their objectives,...  Read More >>

Industrial Trade Associations (1957) is a full-scale study of all aspects of trade associations found in the manufacturing...  Read More >>

Applied Measures for Promoting Technological Growth (1973) provides a comprehensive treatment of the whole range...  Read More >>

The Industrial Crisis (1933) examines the causes and effects of the Stock Market Crash of 1929, looking at the political...  Read More >>

Social Economics (1922) argues that the organisation of economic society is better based on cooperation than competition...  Read More >>

Government Policy and Industrial Change (1989) takes stock of the recent changes in policy issues in the UK and...  Read More >>

Intervention in the Mixed Economy (1974) examines the problem of state intervention in mixed economies by analysing...  Read More >>

British Economic Performance 1880–1980 (1985) consists of a collection of documents illustrating the development...  Read More >>

Britain 1906–1951 (1963) looks at British history and economics in the first half of the twentieth century. It examines...  Read More >>

Foreign Investment in Eastern Europe (1992) examines the political and social implications of economic activity...  Read More >>

Politics and Production in the Early Nineteenth Century (1990) challenges the standard interpretation of the social...  Read More >>

The Coming of the Welfare State (1967) explains the climate of opinion which created the old harsh Poor Law and...  Read More >>

Growth in the British Economy (1960) examines the slow rate of growth in the British economy and evaluates the view...  Read More >>

Planning and Economic Growth (1965) is an analysis of the problem of unemployment in an over-populated, under-developed...  Read More >>

This book offers new methodological approaches which contextualize the lives of German WWI aviators through the...  Read More >>