@article{796192,
      recid = {796192},
      author = {Kirkland, Christopher,},
      title = {The political economy of Britain in crisis : trade unions  and the banking sector /},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {"This book explores two recent crises in British political  economy: the crisis of 1976–9, for which the trade unions  were impugned, and the 2007 economic crisis, for which  bankers were (at least initially) blamed. The author argues  that the “crisis resolution” of the former – principally  the Thatcherite reforms of the 1980s – led to the emergence  of the banking crisis. Further, Kirkland demonstrates how  narratives of blame have emerged and were used in both  instances to promote specific agendas. Narrations of blame  and crises were used to curb the trade union powers in the  1980s, whilst the 2007 crisis was quickly reframed as one  of excessive government spending, which in turn has led to  policies of austerity."--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/796192},
}