Denmarks Social Democratic Government and the Marshall Plan 1947-1950

by Vibeke Sorensen

Overview

Historian and geographer Sorensen (1952-95) wrote her analysis of Danish political policy towards the Marshall Plan during the middle 1980s, but R<:u>diger says it continues to be essential reading for historians interested in the immediate postwar period. The new edition drops her chapter on COCOM, because more recent studies have made in superfluous. The rest of the study remains intact. It is not indexed. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788772896618
Publisher:	Museum Tusculanum Press
Publication date:	06/01/2001
Series:	Studies in 20th and 21st Century European History Series
Pages:	360
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	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	80
3.3	Centralization of Decision Making in Denmark	91
3.4	The Long-Term Program	101
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	290
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	355