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| Author | : Owen Hatherley |
| Publisher | : Watkins Media Limited |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2020-11-10 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1913462218 |
A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of municipal socialism in London -- and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. London is conventionally seen as merely a combination of the financial centre in the City and the centre of governmental power in Westminster, a uniquely capitalist capital city. This book is about the third London - a social democratic twentieth-century metropolis, a pioneer in council housing, public enterprise, socialist design, radical local democracy and multiculturalism. This book charts the development of this municipal power base under leaders from Herbert Morrison to Ken Livingstone, and its destruction in 1986, leaving a gap which has been only very inadequately filled by the Greater London Authority under Livingstone, Boris Johnson and Sadiq Khan. Opposing currently fashionable bullshit about an imaginary "metropolitan elite", this book makes a case for London pride on the left, and makes an argument for using that pride as a weapon against a government of suburban landlords that ruthlessly exploits Londoners.
| Author | : S. K. Ruck |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 178 |
| Release | : 2006-12-21 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 0415417651 |
First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
| Author | : Ranald Michie |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 2004-10-21 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781139453820 |
The relationship between the British government and the City of London has become central to debates on modern British economic, political and social life. For some the City's financial and commercial interests have exercised a dominant influence over government economic policy, creating a preoccupation with international markets and the strength of sterling which impaired domestic industrial and social well-being. Others have argued that government seriously constricted financial markets, jeopardising Britain's most successful economic sector. This collection of essays was the first book to address these issues over the entire twentieth century. It brings together leading financial and political historians to assess the government-City relationship from several directions and by examination of key episodes. As such, it will be indispensable not just for the study of modern British politics and finance, but also for assessment of the worldwide problem of tensions between national governments and international financial centres.
| Author | : William A. Robson |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 477 |
| Release | : 2013-04-15 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 1135683395 |
This book was first published in 1939.
| Author | : Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 80 |
| Release | : 1970 |
| Genre | : Diplomatic and consular service |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Great Britain. Treasury |
| Publisher | : Stationery Office |
| Total Pages | : 114 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780115601071 |
This new edition incorporates revised guidance from H.M Treasury which is designed to promote efficient policy development and resource allocation across government through the use of a thorough, long-term and analytically robust approach to the appraisal and evaluation of public service projects before significant funds are committed. It is the first edition to have been aided by a consultation process in order to ensure the guidance is clearer and more closely tailored to suit the needs of users.
| Author | : David Edward Owen |
| Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
| Total Pages | : 500 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780674358850 |
Of all the major cities of Britain, London, the world metropolis, was the last to acquire a modern municipal government. Its antiquated administrative system led to repeated crises as the population doubled within a few decades and reached more than two million in the 1840s. Essential services such as sanitation, water supply, street paving and lighting, relief of the poor, and maintenance of the peace were managed by the vestries of ninety-odd parishes or precincts plus divers ad hoc authorities or commissions. In 1855, with the establishment of the Metropolitan Board of Works, the groundwork began to be laid for a rational municipal government. Owen tells in absorbing detail the story of the operations of the Metropolitan Board of Works, its political and other problems, and its limited but significant accomplishments--including the laying down of 83 miles of sewers and the building of the Thames Embankments--before it was replaced in 1889 by the London County Council. His account, based on extensive archival research, is balanced, judicious, lucid, often witty and always urbane.
| Author | : Seth Alexander Thevoz |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2018-03-30 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1786733722 |
The book phenomenon of `Club Government' in the mid-nineteenth century, when many of the functions of government were alleged to have taken place behind closed doors, in the secretive clubs of London's St. James's district, has not been adequately historicized. Despite `Club Government' being referenced in most major political histories of the period, it is a topic which has never before enjoyed a full-length study. Making use of previously-sealed club archives, and adopting a broad range of analytical techniques, this work of political history, social history, sociology and quantitative approaches to history seeks to deepen our understanding of the distinctive and novel ways in which British political culture evolved in this period. The book concludes that historians have hugely underestimated the extent of club influence on `high politics' in Westminster, and though the reputation of clubs for intervening in elections was exaggerated, the culture and secrecy involved in gentleman's clubs had a huge impact on Britain and the British Empire.
| Author | : Benjamin Weinstein |
| Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Total Pages | : 218 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0861933125 |
This is an exploration of the conflict between Whig politicians and London radicals in metropolitan government.
| Author | : Toshio Suzuki |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 324 |
| Release | : 2013-12-17 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780939418 |
Based on bank and official archives, this book focuses on Japan's financial activities abroad - in particular, Japan's borrowings. This is the story of Japan's success: a "doubtful" borrower in the 1870s, it became respected after the Russo-Japan war. This study also highlights the mechanism of loan issues on the international capital markets. First published in 1994, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
