Contesting deregulation : debates, practices and developments in the West since the 1970s /

Few would dispute that many Western industrial democracies undertook extensive deregulation in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet this narrative, in its most familiar form, depends upon several historiographical assumptions that bely the complexities and pitfalls of studying the recent past. Across thirteen c...

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Group Author: Andresen, Knud, 1965; Müller, Stefan, 1966
Published: Berghahn Books,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Making sense of history ; volume 31
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Summary: Few would dispute that many Western industrial democracies undertook extensive deregulation in the 1970s and 1980s. Yet this narrative, in its most familiar form, depends upon several historiographical assumptions that bely the complexities and pitfalls of studying the recent past. Across thirteen case studies, the contributors to this volume investigate this "deregulatory moment" from a variety of historical perspectives, including transnational, comparative, pan-European, and national approaches. Collectively, they challenge an interpretive framework that treats individual decades in isola
Carrier Form: vi, 233 pages : forms ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781785336201 (hardback) :
1785336207 (hardback)
Index Number: HD3612
CLC: F744
Call Number: F744/C761