| dc.contributor.author | SORENSEN, Vibeke | |
| dc.contributor.editor | RUDIGER, Mogens | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-05-24T13:07:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-05-24T13:07:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2001, Studies in 20th & 21st Century European History, 3 | en |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 8772896612 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1814/22061 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The implementation of the Marshall Plan in Denmark gave rise to serious conflicts between the Social Democratic government and the opposition - and between the government and the business community. Vibeke Sorensen portrays the deep disagreement that existed regarding Danish economic policy in the postwar period, analysing also how this political disagreement characterised the Danish implementation of the plan. On the basis of thorough source studies, Sorensen questions the up until now appreciatory evaluation of the importance of the Marshall Plan for the Danish society, On one hand, the implementation played a role in initiating structural changes in the Danish economy, with the plan itself complementing the social democratic reconstruction policy during the first few postwar years. On the other hand, the social democratic government failed in its effort to create consensus regarding more stringent control of economic policy and recognition of the necessity of an industrialisation policy. As a result, the Marshall Plan had only limited succes in Denmark. | en |
| dc.description.tableofcontents | --FOREWORD 7
--List of Figures and Tables 9
--List of Abbreviations 11
--Acknowledgements 13
--INTRODUCTION 15
--1. SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC POLICIES AND POST-WAR PROGRAMME 17
--1.1 SD Economic Policy Formulation in the Inter-war Period 17
--1.2 SD Economic Policy in 1945 26
--1.3 SD Expectations for Post-War Economic Development 31
--1.4 The Future of Denmark 33
--2. THE MARSHALL PLAN, 1947-1948 44
--2.1 The SD Party and Foreign Policy 44
--2.2 The Liberal Government and the Paris Conference of 1947 48
--2.3 The Marshall Plan and the Rupture of COMISCO 53
--2.4 The SD Reaction to the Marshall Plan 59
--2.5 Bilateral Agreement with the USA 64
--2.6 The Administration of the Marshall Plan in Denmark 73
--3. MARSHALL PLAN POLICIES AND DANISH SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC ECONOMIC POLICY 76
--3.1 The Politics of Productivity 76
--3.2 The Impact of Marshall Plan Policies in Western Europe 8o
--4. DANISH INDUSTRY IN THE POST-WAR WORLD: PROTECTIONISM VERSUS ECONOMIC GROWTH 114
--4.1 Obstacles to Growth in Danish Industry 114
--4.2 Trade Unions, the Labour Market, and Industrial Relations 127
--4.3 Monetary and Fiscal Policies: The Government and the Central Bank 135
--4.4 The Economic Recovery Fund 146
--4.5 Employment and Cyclical Stabilization Policies 164
--4.6 Productivity Policies in Denmark 176
--5. DANISH AGRICULTURE IN THE POST-WAR WORLD: RETURN TO FREE MARKET FORCES VERSUS STRUCTURAL CHANGE 184
--5.1 Structural Problems in Danish Agriculture 184
--5.2 SD Agricultural Policies 190
--5.3 Trade Relations with Britain, 1945-1950 200
--5.4 Consumption and Wartime Restrictions 218
--5.5 The ECA and the Planning of Agricultural Production, 1948-1952 229
--5.6 The Danish Dollar Problem 239
--6. LIBERALIZATION OF TRADE AND PAYMENTS: IMPORT RESTRICTIONS VERSUS DEFLATION 273
--6.1 Liberalization of Trade and Payments in Western Europe, 1948-1950 273
--6.2 Denmark's Position in a European Payments Union 280
--6.3 The Devaluation of September 1949 286
--6.4 The Liberalization of Trade in Denmark zgo
--6.5 Denmark's Proposal for a European Payments Union 293
---6.6 The Nordic Customs Union 300
--6.7 UNISCAN 307
--6.8 The Balance-of-Payments Crisis of 1950 310
--7. CONCLUSION: MARSHALL PLAN POLICIES, SD ECONOMIC POLICIES, AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN DENMARK, 1947-1950 . . . 320
--7.1 The Impact of the Marshall Plan on the Danish Economy 320
--7.2 Marshall Plan Policies and SD Economic Policies 332
--7.3 The ECA and the Danish Economy 336
--Bibliography 341
--Archives consulted. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Museum Tusculanum Press | en |
| dc.relation.isversionof | http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5981 | en |
| dc.title | Denmark's social democratic government and the Marshall Plan : 1947-1950 | en |
| dc.type | Book | en |
| eui.subscribe.skip | true | |
| dc.description.version | Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 1987 | en |
