The Growth of Public Expenditure in the United Kingdom from 1870 to 2005

by Lee, Clive

• ISBN13: 9780230354142
• ISBN10: 0230354149
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book outlines the considerable increase in public expenditure in the UK from around 10 per cent of GDP in the 1870s to 40 per cent and above in the21st century. Clive Leeexplores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting theongoing political conflictover the size and extent of welfare provision.

Author Biography

Clive Lee is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Until 1989 he taught in the Department of Economic History, specializing in the development of the international economy and quantification in Economic History. Between 1982-1985 he was responsible for the ESRC training programme in computing and statistics for UK postgraduate students in economic history. His current research interests lie in the history of economic thought and economic development in the twentieth century, and in the public and private provision of welfare. He is currently editing and contributing to the New History of Aberdeen, commissioned by Aberdeen City Council.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Growth of the Public Sector	p. 4
Public Revenue 1870-1939	p. 28
Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Defence, Consolidated Fund, Trade, Industry and Transport, Common Administrative Services, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government	p. 55
Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Education, Libraries and Museums, Health and Welfare	p. 81
Public Expenditure 1870-1939 - Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure	p. 104
Public Revenue 1938-2005	p. 128
Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Defence, Consolidated Fund, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government, Common Administrative Services, Trade, Industry and Transport, Food and Agriculture	p. 150
Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Education, Libraries and Museums, Health, Welfare, Social Security	p. 187
Public Expenditure 1938-2005 - Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure	p. 218
Summary and Conclusion	p. 245
Statistical Appendix	p. 248
References	p. 276
Index	p. 282
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