Editing Channel Islands (section)

====After 1945====
Following the liberation of 1945, reconstruction led to a transformation of the economies of the islands, attracting immigration and developing tourism. The legislatures were reformed and non-party governments embarked on social programmes, aided by the incomes from [[offshore finance]], which grew rapidly from the 1960s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisjersey.com/community/history-heritage/finance-industry/ |title=Thisisjersey.com |publisher=Thisisjersey.com |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-date=19 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919005420/http://www.thisisjersey.com/community/history-heritage/finance-industry/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref> The islands decided not to join the [[European Economic Community]] when the UK joined.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gov.je/ChiefMinister/International%2BRelations/Profile%2Bof%2BJersey.htm |title=Error |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829124301/http://www.gov.je/ChiefMinister/International%2BRelations/Profile%2Bof%2BJersey.htm |archive-date=29 August 2008 |url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Since the 1990s, declining profitability of agriculture and tourism has challenged the governments of the islands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisguernsey.com/lifestyle/hanging-on-to-our-heritage/the-bailiwick-of-guernsey/ |title=Thisisjersey.com |publisher=Thisisguernsey.com |date=9 May 1945 |access-date=4 October 2012 |archive-date=12 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612230516/http://www.thisisguernsey.com/lifestyle/hanging-on-to-our-heritage/the-bailiwick-of-guernsey/ |url-status=live}}</ref>