Books by Jim Tomlinson

A thorough analysis of Britain's economic policy under the Labour governments in the 1960s. -- .

Features stories that explore the ambiguities of kept secrets, the tangles of abandoned pasts, and uneasy accommodations. The characters face the desire to reclaim dreams left behind, along with something of the dreamer that was also lost. In each story, they face conflict, sometimes within themselves, sometimes with each other.

Most accounts of economic policy set out to describe the way in which governments have attempted to solve their economic problems and to achieve their economic objectives. This book, however, focuses on the problems themselves, arguing that the way in which areas of economic policy become 'problems' for policy makers is problematic itself.

Economic decline has always been a highly politicised concept, forming a central part of post-war political argument. In this text, Tomlinson reveals how the perception of economic decline has been manipulated so as to advance particular political causes.