Books by Jim Tomlinson

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

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.

How did the people of Dundee respond to the challenges of being the most economically globalized city in the world in the years before the First World War? This 'global' history of Dundee's industrial era combines economic, political and social history. It explores the significance of empire for British policy.

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.