Acting and Reacting: Three Case Studies

Martyn Sloman

Chapter 4 in Socialising Public Ownership, 1978, pp 64-84 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The case studies set out in this chapter are intended to illustrate some of the problems inherent in developing a policy for common ownership in the 1970s. The collapse of Rolls-Royce occurred when a Conservative Government was in power; the problems of change in the Steel Industry have remained throughout Labour and Conservative administrations; the resurgence in interest in worker cooperatives has taken place under a Labour Government. Taken together, they illustrate the fragility of any industrial policy based on an over-dogmatic approach. They also demonstrate that events have a way of running ahead of policy formulation.

Keywords: Trade Union; Steel Industry; Industrial Policy; Public Ownership; Plant Closure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1978
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03512-0_4

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