Power, Competition and the State: Volume 3 The End of the Postwar Era: Britain since 1974

'The best contemporary map available [of the British state].'Peter Hennessy The final volume of Keith Middlemas's acclaimed trilogy shows how, after a climactic crisis in the mid-1970s, the balance changed between government, interest groups, political parties, and public, whose competition had characterised the postwar years, and how emergence of new alignments among them altered the British state itself. Documented from over three hundred interviews with participants, as well as archives, it provides an object lesson in contemporary history. Front Matter....Pages i-xx Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Crisis....Pages 3-43 Contested Directions 1974–76....Pages 44-71 Contested Issues 1974–76....Pages 72-111 The Centre Held? 1976–79....Pages 112-148 The Centre Falls Apart 1976–79....Pages 149-191 The Capture of the Party....Pages 192-228 Front Matter....Pages 231-231 The New Regime....Pages 233-277 Wars of Movement....Pages 278-310 Wars of Position: Trade Unions....Pages 311-348 Wars of Position: Industry and Finance....Pages 349-394 Parties, Professions and Public....Pages 395-446 The Modern State....Pages 447-487 Back Matter....Pages 489-586