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

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  • © 2012

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  1. Clive Lee

    1. University of Aberdeen, Scotland

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Public expenditure has increased considerably in the UK from around ten per cent of GDP in the 1870s to forty per cent and above in the 21st century. Clive Lee explores the fluctuations in state spending, highlighting the ongoing political conflict over the size and extent of welfare provision.

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Growth of the Public Sector

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 4-27

  4. Public Revenue 1870–1939

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 28-54

  5. Public Expenditure 1870–1939 — Defence, Consolidated Fund, Trade, Industry and Transport, Common Administrative Services, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 55-80

  6. Public Expenditure 1870–1939 — Education, Libraries and Museums, Health and Welfare

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 81-103

  7. Public Expenditure 1870–1939 — Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue Services, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 104-127

  8. Public Revenue 1938–2005

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 128-149

  9. Public Expenditure 1938–2005 — Defence, Consolidated Fund, Pensions, Transfers from Central to Local Government, Common Administrative Services, Trade, Industry and Transport, Food and Agriculture

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 150-186

  10. Public Expenditure 1938–2005 — Education, Libraries and Museums, Health, Welfare, Social Security

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 187-217

  11. Public Expenditure 1938 to 2005 — Housing, Household Environmental Services, Police, Fire and Rescue, Administration of Justice, Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Miscellaneous Expenditure

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 218-244

  12. Summary and Conclusion

    • Clive Lee
    Pages 245-247

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 248-285
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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Aberdeen, Scotland

    Clive Lee

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CLIVE LEE Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen, UK. Until 1989 he taught in the Department of Economic History, specialising 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.

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