British unemployment policy in the 1920’s : a re-appraisal of Revolution of Reason and We Can Conquer Unemployment
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: History, Department of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Caulfield, Peter
issued: 2008-12-23T22:33:48Z
issued: 1992
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Following a short postwar boom, the British economy fell into a long period of uneven growth. The single biggest symptom of interwar economic transition was the unprecedented phenomenen of persistent mass unemployment, concentrated in the export staple industries. This thesis re-evaluates two important contributions to the debate on unemployment policy in the 1920s, by political mavericks Oswald Mosley, of the Labour party, and David Lloyd George, of the Liberals. Each produced small but pithy books on unemployment: respectively, Revolutiony Reason, and Courp.jployment. Most of the historiography to date on the subject has been overly lieconomicu in its orientation, and lacking in historical context. The thesis argues for another interpretation of the two books.. It looks more deeply into the political and social environment in which the programs were developed, and focusses on the “positive” rather than the “normative” dimension of their economics. It will examine what Lloyd George and Oswald Mosley were trying to accomplish in their programs, and why the programs took the forms they did. It will also, for the first time, explicitly compare the two programs, The comparative approach will show just how different their policies were, an important aspect overlooked by the existing literature..
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note: BRITISH UNEMPLOYMENT POLICY IN THE 19205A Re—appraisal of RevoItioo,.by Eeonand W.C ..C mp 1.ozmci’byPETER CAULFIELDB.A., McGill University, 1969M..A.., The University of Manitoba, 1974A THESIS SUBIMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OFTHE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OFMASTER OF ARTSinTHE. FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES(History)We accept this thesis as conformingto threquirekstandardTHE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIAAugust 1992Peter Caulfield, 1992In presenting this thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for an advanceddegree at the University of British Columbia, I agree that the Library shall make itfreely available for reference and study. I further agree that permission for extensivecopying of this thesis for scholarly purposes may be granted by the head of mydepartment or by his or her representatives. It is understood that copying orpublication of this thesis for financial gain shall not be allowed without my writtenpermission.((Signature)Department of_____________The University of British ColumbiaVancouver, CanadaDate____DE.6 (2/88)11iBSTRACTFollowing a short postwar boom, the British economy fell into along period of uneven growth. The single biggest symptom ofinterwar economic transition was the unprecedented phenomenen ofpersistent mass unemployment, concentrated in the export stapleindustries. This thesis re—evaluates two important contributionsto the debate on unemployment policy in the 1920s, by politicalmavericks Oswald Mosley, of the Labour party, and David LloydGeorge, of the Liberals. Each produced small but pithy books onunemployment: respectively, Revolutiony Reason, andCourp.jployment. Most of the historiography to date on thesubject has been overly lieconomicu in its orientation, andlacking in historical context. The thesis argues for anotherinterpretation of the two books.. It looks more deeply into thepolitical and social environment in which the programs weredeveloped, and focusses on the “positive” rather than the“normative” dimension of th…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 1992-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0086694
language: eng
degree discipline: History
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
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scholar level: Graduate
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3302