| Titre | À PROPOS DE LA TRILOGIE DE KEITH MIDDLEMAS ÉTAT ET SOCIÉTÉ EN GRANDE-BRETAGNE DEPUIS 1940 | |
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| Auteur | Jacques Leruez | |
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Revue |
20 & 21. Revue d'histoire Titre à cette date : Vingtième siècle, revue d'histoire |
| Numéro | no 49, janvier-mars 1996 | |
| Page | 110-121 | |
| Résumé anglais | A propos Keith Middlemas' trilogy: State and society in Great Britain since 1940, Jacques Leruez. The Second World War sealed a social consensus which lasted until 1961. Based on modernization, this compromise (illustrated by the Bevin-Churchill duet) gave birth to many reforms often inspired by Keynesian dogma. After 1961, however, the will to transform the country, based on an informal triple partnership (the state, trade unions, employers) failed and concertation proved its limits. The social peace wanted by Callaghan failed in the face of trade union intransigence, enabling Margaret Thatcher to gain power (1979). Getting rid of compromise, preferring confrontation to concertation, Mrs Thatcher, although lacking a definite program, destroyed the postwar consensus. The traditional forces then declined, trade unions in particular, and new logics won (competition, profit, etc.), ruining the traditional foundations of the state (the civic mind, the celebration of public service). Power in Great Britain cannot limit itself to state decisions. Spheres of influence (employers and the City) now play a decisive part. | |
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