From social contract to 'Social Contrick': The depoliticisation of economic policy-making under Harold Wilson, 1974-75

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 634-651

  Rogers, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depoliticisation; Economic policy; Labour government; Social contract

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; PARTY POLITICS; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SPENDING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77249106499     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2009.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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