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The experience of the Economic Advisory Council provides the relevant policy background to the Keynesian revolution in economic theory, and to the adoption of the principles of economic management in Britain during the Second World War. This study of this pioneering advisory institution against the inter-war setting of depression, financial crisis and recovery is based on government records, supplemented by other contemporary sources. The book deals with the political and economic origins of the E.A.C. in the post-1918 decade; the role of the Council and its committees of inquiry as the world slump began to make an impact on an already depressed British economy; and the part played by individual economic advisers in the dramatic events which led to the fall of the second Labour Government and Britain's departure from the gold standard in 1931. Throughout the nineteenthirties the work of the Council was carried on by the Committee on Economic Information, which helped to provide the National Government with solutions to the complex and novel problems of a post-gold standard world. In addition to assessing the significance of the E.A.C. experiment, the book reprints a number of reports and gives a guide to the relevant documents in the public archives.

History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- anno 1930-1939 --- 338.24 --- Depressions --- -Commercial crises --- Crises, Commercial --- Economic depressions --- Business cycles --- Recessions --- Instrumenten van de economische politiek. Economische orde. Economisch politieke maatregelen. Stabilisering. Stimuleringsmaatregelen. Regulering. Financiele steunmaatregelen --- Great Britain. Economic Advisory Council --- Great Britain --- Economic conditions --- -Depressions --- Great Britain. --- -Instrumenten van de economische politiek. Economische orde. Economisch politieke maatregelen. Stabilisering. Stimuleringsmaatregelen. Regulering. Financiele steunmaatregelen --- -338.24 --- 338.24 Instrumenten van de economische politiek. Economische orde. Economisch politieke maatregelen. Stabilisering. Stimuleringsmaatregelen. Regulering. Financiele steunmaatregelen --- -338.24 Instrumenten van de economische politiek. Economische orde. Economisch politieke maatregelen. Stabilisering. Stimuleringsmaatregelen. Regulering. Financiele steunmaatregelen --- Commercial crises --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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This book develops a framework for analyzing the creation and consolidation of democracy. Different social groups prefer different political institutions because of the way they allocate political power and resources. Thus democracy is preferred by the majority of citizens, but opposed by elites. Dictatorship nevertheless is not stable when citizens can threaten social disorder and revolution. In response, when the costs of repression are sufficiently high and promises of concessions are not credible, elites may be forced to create democracy. By democratizing, elites credibly transfer political power to the citizens, ensuring social stability. Democracy consolidates when elites do not have strong incentive to overthrow it. These processes depend on (1) the strength of civil society, (2) the structure of political institutions, (3) the nature of political and economic crises, (4) the level of economic inequality, (5) the structure of the economy, and (6) the form and extent of globalization.

Democracy --- Democratization --- Equality --- Political culture --- Dictatorship --- Comparative government --- Economic aspects --- 321.6 --- Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- 321.6 Niet-democratische staatsvormen. Antidemokratie. Dictatuur. Totalitarisme--(politieke stelsels) --- #SBIB:17H3 --- #SBIB:324H20 --- #SBIB:324H71 --- 321.60 --- AA / International- internationaal --- 321.7 --- 338 <09> --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Economische geschiedenis --- 321.7 Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Democratie. Plurale samenleving. Pluralisme. Democratische pluraliteit--(moderne democratie politieke stelsels) --- Culture --- Political science --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Sociology --- Liberty --- Absolutism --- Autocracy --- Tyranny --- Authoritarianism --- Despotism --- Totalitarianism --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- New democracies --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Politieke wijsbegeerte --- Politologie: theorieën (democratie, comparatieve studieën….) --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Regeringsstelsels en -methodes: algemeenheden --- Economic order --- International economic relations --- Political systems --- Comparative government. --- Democratization. --- Dictatorship. --- Equality. --- Political culture. --- Economic aspects. --- Démocratie --- Démocratisation --- Egalité (Sociologie) --- Culture politique --- Dictature --- Institutions politiques comparées --- Aspect économique --- 321 --- 330.342 --- 339.9 --- Politieke systemen --- Economische orde --- Internationale economische betrekkingen --- Business, Economy and Management --- Economics --- Democracy - Economic aspects