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The long drawn of death and grieving process of the British Shipbuilding Industry in perspective 1960 1980 A long term view Duncan Philip Connors University of Cambridge European Business History Association Annual Conference Athens 24th August 2011 1 INTRODUCTION Eleven years ago Hugh Pemberton argued in Public Administration for the integration of the ' policy networks of Martin Rhodes with the social learning theories of Peter Hall (Pemberton, 2000, Hall 1993 and Rhodes, 1992, 1994, 1995 and 1997). Pemberton stated that the conventional 'Westminster' model is restricted in its ability to comprehend subtle administrative nuances and yet the policy network alternative of Rhodes is in itself restricted in its ability to deal with the typology and internal dynamics (Pemberton 2000, pp. 771-772). Pemberton therefore proposed to integrate the policy network model with the work of Hall on social learning a complex to developed a nuanced schema that would incorporate Rhodes network classifications with a the Hall model of change (Pemberton 2000, pp. 772-776, see also Rhodes, 1997 pp. 36-37, Hall, 1993 pp. 281-287). However, with the development of the varieties of capitalism literature and in particular the institutional complementarities proposed by Hall in the early part of century there is scope for further development of Pemberton's ideas beyond his Treasury centred view of the 'Keynesian Plus' period of economic policy in the early 1960s (Hall & Soskice, 2001, Howell, 2003, Morgan, 2005 and Hancke, Rhodes and Thatcher, 2007). This paper will demonstrate the relevance of Pemberton's model to current debated using recent research into industrial policy under the Harold Wilson Labour government of 1964-1970 by focussing on the failure of the Shipbuilding Inquiry Committee and Shipbuilding Industry Board to prevent the collapse of the British shipbuilding industry.
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