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First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
These essays present a statement on the long-term development of
welfare policy in Britain. Relating to current issues such as the
cost of pensions, this work examines provisions for the poor,
infirm and aged over four centuries of British history.
An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 In 1933,
Keynes reflected on the crisis of the Great Depression that arose
from individualistic capitalism: 'It is not intelligent, it is not
beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it doesn't
deliver the goods ... But when we wonder what to put in its place,
we are extremely perplexed.' We are now in a similar state of
perplexity, wondering how to respond to the economic problems of
the world. Martin Daunton examines the changing balance over ninety
years between economic nationalism and globalization, explaining
why one economic order breaks down and how another one is built, in
a wide-ranging history of the institutions and individuals who have
managed the global economy. In 1933, the World Monetary and
Economic Conference brought together the nations of the world: it
failed. Trade and currency warfare led to economic nationalism and
a turn from globalization that culminated in war. During the Second
World War, a new economic order emerged - the embedded liberalism
of Bretton Woods, the International Monetary Fund and the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development - and the
post-war General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. These institutions
and their rules created a balance between domestic welfare and
globalization, complemented by a social contract between labour,
capital and the state to share the benefits of economic growth. Yet
this embedded liberalism reflected the interests of the 'west' in
the Cold War: in the 1970s, it faced collapse, caused by its
internal weaknesses and the breakdown of the social contract, and
was challenged by the Third World as a form of neo-colonialism. It
was succeeded by neoliberalism, financialisation and
hyper-globalization. In 2008, the global financial crash exposed
the flaws of neoliberalism without leading to a fundamental change.
Now, as leading nations are tackling the fall-out from Covid-19 and
the threats of inflation, food security and the existential risk of
climate change, Martin Daunton calls for a return to a
globalization that benefits many of the world's poor and a fairer
capitalism that delivers domestic welfare and equality. The
Economic Government of the World is the first history to show how
trade, international monetary relations, capital mobility and
development impacted on and influenced each other. Martin Daunton
places these economic relations in the geo-political context of the
twentieth century, and considers the importance of economic ideas
and of political ideology, of electoral calculations and
institutional design. The book rests on extensive archival research
to provide a powerful analysis of the origins of our current global
crisis, and suggests how we might build a fairer international
order.
"Worlds of Political Economy" explores the meanings and workings of
political economy as a source of knowledge and power in national,
imperial, and transnational settings in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. Giving attention to the rich and contested
social and cultural nature of political economy as a cluster of
ideas and working practices, this volume brings together original
essays on sociability, philanthropy and self-interest, imperial
land and ecology, international development and public health,
expert cultures and transnational diffusion.
Much has been written about the forging of a British identity in
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The process, unconfined
to the British Isles, ran across the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean
and was played out in North America and the Caribbean. The
identities of Irish Catholics or Highland Scots who took part in
the imperial venture abroad were subject to constant renegotiation.
In the process, the indigenous peoples of North America, the
Caribbean, the Cape, Australia, and New Zealand were forced to
redefine their own identities. Although the encounter was far from
equal, it was by no means simple or monolithic This collection
explores the many complex ways in which identities were forged
within Britain and among indigenous peoples through a process of
collision and compromise. Contributions from Africa, Australia, and
both sides of the Atlantic deal with different aspects of these
encounters-for example, "Native Americans and Early Modern Concepts
of Race" and "Hunting and the Politics of Masculinity in Cherokee
Treaty-making, 1763-1775." Empire and Others provides a valuable
study that will be of particular interest to students of Colonial
American history and early modern British history. Contributors to
the volume include Philip Morgan, Christopher Bayly, Andrew Porter,
Hilary Beckles, and Peter Way.
Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess
their position within consumer - or material - culture, but all too
rarely have scholars examined the politics that lie behind that
culture. This book fills the gap and explores the political and
state structures that have shaped the consumer and the nature of
his or her consumption. From medieval sumptuary laws to recent
debates in governments about consumer protection, consumption has
always been seen as a highly political act that must be regulated,
directed or organized according to the political agendas of various
groups. An internationally renowned group of experts looks at the
emergence of the rational consuming individual in modern economic
thought, the moral and ideological values consumers have attached
to their relationships with commodities, and how the practices and
theories of consumer citizenship have developed alongside and
within the expanding state. How does consumer identity become
available to people and how do they use it? How is consumption
negotiated in a dictatorship? Are material politics about state
politics, consumer politics, or the relationship between these and
consumer practices?
From the specifics of the politics of consumption in the French
Revolution - what was the status of rum? How complicated did a
vinegar recipe have to be before the resultant product qualified as
'luxury'? - to the highly contentious twentieth-century debates
over American political economy, this original book traces the
relationships among political cultures, consumers and citizenship
from the eighteenth century to the present.
Objects and commodities have frequently been studied to assess
their position within consumer - or material - culture, but all too
rarely have scholars examined the politics that lie behind that
culture. This book fills the gap and explores the political and
state structures that have shaped the consumer and the nature of
his or her consumption. From medieval sumptuary laws to recent
debates in governments about consumer protection, consumption has
always been seen as a highly political act that must be regulated,
directed or organized according to the political agendas of various
groups. An internationally renowned group of experts looks at the
emergence of the rational consuming individual in modern economic
thought, the moral and ideological values consumers have attached
to their relationships with commodities, and how the practices and
theories of consumer citizenship have developed alongside and
within the expanding state. How does consumer identity become
available to people and how do they use it? How is consumption
negotiated in a dictatorship? Are material politics about state
politics, consumer politics, or the relationship between these and
consumer practices?
From the specifics of the politics of consumption in the French
Revolution - what was the status of rum? How complicated did a
vinegar recipe have to be before the resultant product qualified as
'luxury'? - to the highly contentious twentieth-century debates
over American political economy, this original book traces the
relationships among political cultures, consumers and citizenship
from the eighteenth century to the present.
While conceptions of the 'modern' have been intensively and
fruitfully studied from a variety of perspectives in the context of
continental European history, scholars of Britain have hardly
addressed the history of the first industrial nation and the
world's leading colonial power in this register, despite its
enormous cultural influence.
In examining British conceptions and expressions of modernity
--from Victorian debates about 'national character' to breathtaking
exhibitions of artefacts such as the 'moving pavement' that would
revolutionize the future appearance of cities, to debates about the
impact of new forms of production and consumption, mass
communication and travel -- this book fills the gap.
Is it true, as Virginia Woolf observed upon seeing the first London
exhibition of work by Manet and the Post-Impressionists that 'On or
about December 1910 human character changed'? Do men and women
experience modernity in the same way? How did contemporaries make
sense of the changing social worlds they inhabited? How were
conflicting visions of modernity, technology and social change
expressed in: advertisements and branding; art, architecture and
design; business and commerce; mysticism and mountaineering; new
approaches to psychology and the self; and colonial discourse?
These wide-ranging issues are addressed by internationally
acclaimed experts in the history of science, intellectual history,
gender studies, consumption and empire studies. The result is a
multifaceted and innovative foray into British cultural
history.
This volume examines the major trends in public finance in
developed capitalist countries since the oil crisis of 1973. That
year's oil shock quickly became an economic crisis, putting an end
to a period of very high growth rates and an era of easy finance.
Tax protests and growing welfare costs often led to rising debt
levels. The change to floating exchange rates put more power in the
hand of markets, which corresponded with a growing influence of
neo-liberal thinking. These developments placed state finances
under considerable pressure, and leading scholars here examine how
the wealthiest OECD countries responded to these challenges and the
consequences for the distribution of wealth between the rich and
the poor. As the case studies here make clear, there was no simple
'race to the bottom' in taxation and welfare spending: different
countries opted for different solutions that reflected their
political and economic structures.
The third volume in The Cambridge Urban History of Britain examines
the process of urbanisation and suburbanisation from the early
Victorian period to the twentieth century. Twenty-eight leading
scholars provide a coherent, systematic, historical investigation
of the rise of cities and towns in England, Scotland and Wales,
examining not only the evolving networks and types of towns, but
their economic, demographic, social, political, cultural and
physical development. The contributors discuss pollution and
disease, the resolution of social conflict, the relationships
between towns and the surrounding countryside, new opportunities
for leisure and consumption, the development of local civic
institutions and identities, and the evolution of municipal and
state responsibilities. This comprehensive volume gives unique
insights into the development of the urban landscape. Its detailed
overview and analyses of the problems and opportunities which arise
shed historical light on many of the issues and challenges that we
face today.
The Oxford Handbook on the World Trade Organization provides an
authoritative and cutting-edge account of the World Trade
Organization. Its purpose is to provide a holistic understanding of
what the WTO does, how it goes about fulfilling its tasks, its
achievements and problems, and how it might contend with some
critical challenges. The Handbook benefits from an
interdisciplinary approach. The editorial team comprises a
transatlantic partnership between a political scientist, a
historian, and an economist. The distinguished and international
team of contributors to the volume includes leading political
scientists, historians, economists, lawyers, and practitioners
working in the area of multilateral trade. All the chapters present
original and state-of-the-art research material. They critically
engage with existing academic and policy debates, and also
contribute to the evolution of the field by setting the agenda for
current and future WTO studies.The Handbook is aimed at research
institutions, university academics, post-graduate students, and
final-year undergraduates working in the areas of international
organization, trade policy and negotiations, global economic
governance, and economic diplomacy. As such, it should find an
enthusiastic readership amongst students and scholars in History,
Economics, Political Science, International Relations, Public
Policy, and Law. Equally important, the book should have direct
relevance for diplomats, international bureaucrats, government
officials, and other policy-makers and practitioners in the area of
trade and economic governance.
In 1914, taxation was about 10 per cent of GNP; by 1979, taxes had
risen to almost half of the total national income, and contributed
to the rise of Thatcher. Martin Daunton continues the story begun
in Trusting Leviathan, offering an analysis of the politics of
acceptance of huge tax rises after the First World War and asks why
it did not provoke the same levels of discontent in Britain as it
did on the continent. He further questions why acceptance gave way
to hostility at the end of this period. Daunton views taxes as the
central driving force for equity or efficiency. As such he provides
a detailed discussion of their potential in providing revenue for
the state, and their use in shaping the social structure and
influencing economic growth. Just Taxes places taxation in its
proper place, at the centre of modern British history.
Professor Martin Daunton's major study of the politics of taxation
in the 'long' nineteenth century examines the complex financial
relationship between the state and its citizens. In 1799, taxes
stood at 20 per cent of national income; by the outbreak of the
First World War, they had fallen to less than half of their
previous level. The process of fiscal containment resulted in a
high level of trust in the financial rectitude of the government
and in the equity of the tax system, contributing to the political
legitimacy of the British state in the second half of the
nineteenth century. As a result, the state was able to fund the
massive enterprises of war and welfare in the twentieth century.
Combining research with a comprehensive survey of existing
knowledge, this lucid and wide-ranging book represents a major
contribution to our understanding of Victorian and Edwardian
Britain.
This original work explores the politics of British taxation in the twentieth century. By 1979, taxes were taken from almost half of the total national income, and contributed to the political rise of Margaret Thatcher. But the level of taxation had risen from 10% in 1914 to about 25% between the wars, without provoking serious discontent (as in other European countries). It also grew again during the Second World War. This study explores the reasons that the earlier tax increases were accepted, and not those of 1979.
Professor Martin Daunton's major work of original synthesis explores the politics of taxation in the "long" nineteenth century. In 1799, income tax stood at 20% of national income; by the outbreak of the First World War, it was 10%. This equitable exercise in fiscal containment lent the government a high level of legitimacy, allowing it to fund war and welfare in the twentieth century. Combining new research with a comprehensive survey of existing knowledge, this book examines the complex financial relationship between the State and its citizens.
The third volume in the Cambridge Urban History examines the process of urbanization and suburbanization in Britain from the early Victorian period to the twentieth century. Twenty-eight leading scholars provide a coherent, systematic, historical investigation of the rise of cities and towns in England, Scotland and Wales, examining their economic, demographic, social, political, cultural and physical development. The contributors discuss pollution and disease, social conflict, the relationships between towns and the surrounding countryside, leisure and consumption, local civic institutions and identities, and municipal and state responsibilities.
This volume examines the major trends in public finance in
developed capitalist countries since the oil crisis of 1973. That
year's oil shock quickly became an economic crisis, putting an end
to a period of very high growth rates and an era of easy finance.
Tax protests and growing welfare costs often led to rising debt
levels. The change to floating exchange rates put more power in the
hand of markets, which corresponded with a growing influence of
neo-liberal thinking. These developments placed state finances
under considerable pressure, and leading scholars here examine how
the wealthiest OECD countries responded to these challenges and the
consequences for the distribution of wealth between the rich and
the poor. As the case studies here make clear, there was no simple
'race to the bottom' in taxation and welfare spending: different
countries opted for different solutions that reflected their
political and economic structures.
This collection of essays explores the questions of what counted as
knowledge in Victorian Britain, who defined knowledge and the
knowledgeable, by what means and by what criteria.
During the Victorian period, the structure of knowledge took on a
new and recognizably modern form, and the disciplines that we now
take for granted took shape. The ways in which knowledge was tested
also took on a new form, with oral examinations and personal
contacts giving way to formal written tests. New institutions of
knowledge were created: museums were important at the start of the
period (knowledge often meant classifying and collecting); by the
end, universities had taken on a new promince. Knowledge expanded
and Victorians needed to make sense of the sheer scale of
information, to popularize it, and at the same time to exclude
ignorance and error - a role carried out by encyclopedias and
popular publications.
The concept of knowledge is complex and much debated, with a
multiplicity of meanings and troubling relationships. By studying
the Victorian organization of knowledge in its institutional
settings, these essays contribute to our consideration of these
wider issues.
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