Governance, Industry and Labour Markets in Britain and France

Name: Governance, Industry and Labour Markets in Britain and France
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book takes a comparative look at state intervention in labour markets in Britain and France during the 1950s and 1960s. > This volume brings together well-known scholars from a wide range of disciplines to provide a superb analytical and historical overview of how state policy has affected established economic and labour market systems in France and Britain.The contributors to this book explore some crucial questions:* how 'dirigiste' was the French state in reality* why was state intervention more acceptable in France than in Britain* how do the differences in state intervention help to explain the respective economic performances of the two countries since the second world war?The book draws on hitherto unpublished primary research by scholars in economic and social history, industrial relations, economics, law, political science, sociology and social policy. As such, it is a timely and welcome intervention into debates concerning the politics of modern labour markets speciw