Policies And Politics In Western Europe The Impact Of The Recession

The problems of inflation unemployment and economic stagnation are shared by all industrialised countries but government response to them varies from state to state. This book originally published in 1984 examines the effect of the recession of the 1980s on policy-making and policy content in Britain France Germany Italy and Sweden. The author identifies the particular problems that face each country and explains why certain policies were adopted and how recession influenced policy-making. Through comparative analysis the book shows how each government’s policy-making processes responded to the economic and social pressures created by a crisis in the world economy |Policies and Politics in Western Europe The Impact of the Recession