This multifaceted text, written by authors from a range of disciplines, focuses on the politics of trade unionism - not only unions' relations with political parties and the state but also on the politics of workplace conflict and industrial action. Scene-setting essays provide broad perspectives on trade union organising, and on the parameters of the post-war industrial environment. Case studies consider particular fields: union relations with the Labour Party, international politics, productivity, major strikes and key groups of workers.
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New Preface (2007); Preface to first edition; Introduction; approaching post-war trade unionism, John McIlroy, Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman; Part One: Overviews, 1945���79: The role of industrial correspondents, Geoffrey Goodman; Making trade unionists: the politics of pedagogy, 1945���79, John McIlroy; Part Two: Survey: The post-war compromise: mapping industrial politics, 1945���64, Alan Campbell, Nina Fishman, John McIlroy; Part Three: Case Studies, 1945���64: ���Shut your gob!���: the trade unions and the Labour Party, David Howell; The Trades Union Congress in the international labour movement, Anthony Carew; Cold War politics: communism and anti-communism in the trade unions, Richard Stevens; Social democracy and anti-communism: Allan Flanders and British industrial relations in the early post-war period, John Kelly; The shop floor politics of productivity: work, power and authority relations in British engineering, c.1945���57, Alan McKinlay and Joseph Melling; ���The most serious crisis since 1926���: the engineering and shipbuilding strikes of 1957, Nina Fishman; ���Spearhead of the movement���? The 1958 London busworkers��� strike, the TUC and Frank Cousins, Nina Fishman; Democracy and trade unionism on the docks, Jim Phillips; Afterword, Eric Hobsbawm; Index.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780850366013
Publisert
2007-12-19
Utgiver
The Merlin Press Ltd
Vekt
532 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UF, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
380