British Unemployment 1919–1939
A Study in Public Policy

Table of Contents

List of tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I. Introduction:
1. The nature, causes and dimensions of interwar unemployment
Part II. The Labour Market under Strain:
2. Defensive action: unemployment relief and public assistance 1919–32
3. Means to an end: insurance, assistance and the categorization of the unemployed, 1932–9
4. In and out of the labour market: hours of work, pensions and the school-leaving age
Part III. The International Context:
5. On and off gold: unemployment, monetary policy and the exchange rate
6. Trade, tariffs and the stimulation of exports
7. Men, money and markets: the 'Empire solution' to unemployment, 1919–31
Part IV. Structural Unemployment, Industry and the Regions:
8. Industrial revival and reconstruction
9. Uneven development: regional policy, labour transference and industrial diversification
Part V. Macroeconomic Policy Options: Theory and Practice:
10. Pricing jobs: the real wage debate and interwar unemployment
11. Relief or remedy? The development of public works policy, 1920–32
12. The limits of intervention: budgetary orthodoxy and the reduction of unemployment in the 1920s
13. New deal or no deal? Fiscal policy and the search for stability, 1930–9
14. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.

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