Industrial Policy in Europe after 1945: Wealth, Power and Economic Development in the Cold War

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
European Industrial Policies in the Post-War Boom: ‘Planning the Economic Miracle’....Pages 13-47
The State and Industrial Policy in Britain, 1950–1974....Pages 48-66
What’s in a Name? French Industrial Policy, 1950–1975....Pages 67-85
Ensuring Economic Growth and Socioeconomic Stabilization: Industrial Policy in West Germany, 1950–1975....Pages 86-112
Swedish Industrial Policy: From General Policies to Crisis Management, 1950–1980....Pages 113-133
Planning the Economic Miracle? Industrial Policy in Italy Between Boom and Crisis, 1950–1975....Pages 134-161
Was it a Spanish Miracle? Development Plans and Regional Industrialization, 1950–1975....Pages 162-183
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Towards a Global History of the Marshall Plan. European Post-War Reconstruction and the Rise of Development Economic Expertise....Pages 187-212
Towards a European Industrial Policy? The European Economic Community (EEC) Debates, 1957–1975....Pages 213-235
Entangled Industrialization. The EEC and Industrial Development in Francophone West Africa....Pages 236-255
The EEC and the Challenge of the ACP States’ Industrialization, 1972–1975....Pages 256-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
Industrial Policy and its Failure in the Soviet Bloc....Pages 279-299
Planning Priorities, Managing Shortages: Industrial Policy in the German Democratic Republic, from Stalinism to Welfare Dictatorship....Pages 300-320
Economic Growth and the Industrial Development Policy in Hungary, 1950–1975....Pages 321-336
Industrial Performance in the USSR: Influences of State Priorities, Economic System, Industrial Policies and Hidden Processes, 1945–1980....Pages 337-371
Back Matter....Pages 372-388