Assembling cultures : workplace activism, labour militancy and cultural change in Britain's car factories, 1945-82 /

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Assembling cultures takes a fine-grained look at workplace activism in car manufacturing between 1945 and 1982, using it as a key case for unpicking narratives around affluence, declinism and class. It traces the development of the militant car worker stereotype, looking at the social relations whic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saunders, Jack (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Series:Manchester scholarship online.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Strikes and lockouts > Automobile industry > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry workers > Labor unions > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry workers > Political activity > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry and trade > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Industrial relations > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Motor industry > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Grèves et lock-out > Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs de l'automobile > Syndicats > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Relations industrielles > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Moteurs > Industrie > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Motor industry
Industrial relations
Automobile industry workers > Labor unions
Automobile industry and trade
Automobile industry workers > Political activity
Strikes and lockouts > Automobile industry
Great Britain
Activism.
Class.
Labour.
Motor Industry.
Post-war Britain.
Social Movements.
Sociology.
Strikes.
Subjectivities.
Trade Unions.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Agency and subjectivity in post-war labour militancy; 2. Car workers, trade union militancy and public discourse; 3. Organising in car factories 1945-60; 4. The social practices and cultural norms of "fragmentation", 1960-68; 5. Productivity bargaining and re-making workplace trade unionism, 1968-75; 6. Towards "Strike Free", 1975-82; 7. Conclusion

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