Shackleton, Michael (1984) The role of state and society in response to change in the fishing industry : a comparative study of Britain and France, 1975-1983. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.

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Abstract

The last decade has seen dramatic changes in the environment facing the
fishing industries of Western Europe. This study looks at Britain and
France and compares the response of government and industry to those
changes between 1975 and 1983. It argues in the opening chapter that
that response can be best understood in terms of the nature of the
general relations which link state and society in the two countries.
Thus France can be characterised as a state-led society, which has
generated protectionist forms of economic policy and a 'dirigiste'
style of policy making, where the institutions of the state seek
actively to determine the way in which an economic sector develops. By
contrast, Britain can be seen as a society-led state, in which a
liberal conception of economic policy has been matched by a more
consensual style of policy-making, where the agents within a sector are
left to develop their own individual responses to change. Chapters two
to four consider in turn the impact of political and economic change
upon the structure of the two industries, the transformation of the
international framework of negotiation within which the two governments
dealt with the issue and the development of the institutional links
between government and the fishing interest. The chapters that follow
(five to eight) are organised around four perspectives on the relations
between an interest group and government. These are entitled
interventionist, mediatory, direct-action and self-help and each
stresses a different aspect of the behaviour of state institutions and
a societal interest. In all four chapters, the available evidence is
assessed in terms of what we might expect that behaviour to be, given
the extent of the change that overtook the industry and the political
and economic character of the two countries. The final chapter reviews
the distinction between a state-led society and a society-led state and
suggests two conclusions: firstly, that the pattern of relations
between industry and government retained its distinctive shape in the
two countries, despite severe pressures and secondly, that any
judgement of the relative success of the two states and their
respective industries in developing a response to change depends on
one's appreciation of the merits of two contrasting political and
economic philosophies.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Fisheries -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Fisheries -- France -- History -- 20th century, Fishery policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century, Fishery policy -- France -- History -- 20th century
Official Date:	July 1984
Dates:	Date Event July 1984 Submitted
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Politics and International Studies
Thesis Type:	PhD
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Supervisor(s)/Advisor:	Buzan, Barry
Extent:	397 p.
Language:	eng

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