Global Capitalism and National Decline

The Thatcher Decade in Perspective

Henk Overbeek

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781032368979
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000776522
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Government & Business
• Index: Business

First published in 1990, Global Capitalism and National Decline is a major contribution to the study of British political and economic decline. The author concentrates on the global nature of capitalism as the context for the development of national capitalism, and on the relationship between internal and external factors. A long-term view of British politics enables him to demonstrate that competing popular explanations of Britain's crisis and the rise of Thatcherism in response to it, are in fact interconnected. The long decline of Britain originating in the 19th century, the inherent weakness of the post-1945 settlement, and the critical events of 1970s, acquire their fullest meaning when seen as different 'layers' of one and the same historical process. Henk Overbeek takes the story of Britain's decline through to Margaret Thatcher's tenth anniversary in office. His book will be invaluable to scholars and students of economics, politics, and history. it offers a clear perspective on the problems of national decline within a global context, and on Britain's position in Europe and in the wider world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of abbreviations
• List of tables and figures
• Preface
• Introduction
• 1 Long waves of class formation
• 2 The rise and fall of British hegemony
• 3 Between New Deal and fascism: depression, war and transition in Britain
• 4 The redefinition of Britain’s global position 1941–73
• 5 The postwar Fordist offensives
• 6 Global crisis and the rise of neo-liberalism
• 7 Thatcherism in power
• 8 Perspectives for Thatcherism
• Notes
• References
• Subject Index
• Name Index
• Author Index