Political Pressure and Economic Policy

AcknowledgmentsPart I Introduction Chapter 1 Electoral Victory and the 'Quiet Revolution' 1.1 Opposition 1964-1970 1.2 The 1970 General Election 1.3 The 'Quiet Revolution'Part II Political Pressure and Economic Policy Chapter 2 The Industrial Relations Act: Its Origins, Operation and Consequences 2.1 The 1960s' Background 2.2 The Implementation of the Act 2.3 The Docks and Railways Disputes 2.4 Putting the Act 'on Ice' Chapter 3 The U-turn over Industry Policy 3.1 Disengagement 3.2 Rolls-Royce 3.3 The Upper Clyde Shipbuilders' Crisis 3.4 The Political Pressure of Rising Unemployment 3.5 The Industry Act and the Return to Interventionism Chapter 4 The 'N minus 1' Experiment and the Reaction to Rising Unemployment 4.1 The Background to 'N minus 1' 4.2 The Politics and Economics of Unemployment 4.3 The 1972 Miners' Strike Chapter 5 The 'Heath Dilemma' and the Drift to Incomes Policy 5.1 The 'Heath Dilemma' Strategy 5.2 The Tripartite Talks 5.3 The Resort to Statutory Controls Chapter 6 The Operation of Stages I and II 6.1 The Freeze 6.2 By-Election Anxieties 6.3 Stage II and the Dash for Growth Chapter 7 Stage III, the Miners' Strike and the February 1974 Election 7.1 The Secret Downing Street Meeting 7.2 The Miners' Dispute Escalates 7.3 The TUC Initiative 7.4 The February 1974 ElectionPart III Conclusions Chapter 8 Policy Reversals and Prime Ministerial Power 8.1 Mr Heath's Style of Government 8.2 The politics of Confrontation? 8.3 The Criticisms of the Conservative Right Chapter 9 Policy Reversals and Contemporary Conservatism 9.1 The Context of Conservatism 9.2 Economic Priorities and Political Pressure 9.3 Final AssessmentPart IV Appendixes I Chronology II Select BibliographyIndex