Economic thought and policy in the Liberal Party, c. 1929-1964

Thesis

This thesis examines the reception, generation, and use of economic ideas in the British Liberal Party during the period between its decline in the inter-war years and its revival under Jo Grimond. It uses archival sources, party publications, and the political press to reconstruct the Liberal Party’s internal discourse about economic policy from the 1920s to the 1960s, and sets this discourse in the context of wider economic and political developments: the ‘Keynesian revolution’ in econom...

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Authors: Sloman, P; Peter Sloman

• Publication date: 2013
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: Oxford University, UK
• Language: English
• Keywords: Liberalism; Liberal Party; economic policy; economic thought
• Subjects: Welfare state reform and change; History; History of Britain and Europe; Political ideologies; Economic and Social History; Modern Britain and Europe; Public policy