Trade Unions and the State : The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000 /

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The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how an entirely new indu...

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Main Author: Howell, Chris (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Edition:Course book.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Vakverenigingen.
Industriële organisatie.
Labor unions > Government policy.
Labor movement.
Industrial relations > Government policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Syndicats > Politique gouvernementale.
Relations industrielles > Politique gouvernementale.
Syndicats > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Relations industrielles > Politique gouvernementale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Mouvement ouvrier > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Labor unions > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Labor movement > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Industrial relations > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Great Britain.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The Puzzle of British Industrial Relations
  • Chapter 2. Constructing Industrial Relations Institutions
  • Chapter 3. The Construction of the Collective Laissez-Faire System, 1890-1940
  • Chapter 4. Donovan, Dissension, and the Decentralization of Industrial Relations, 1940-1979
  • Chapter 5. The Decollectivization of Industrial Relations, 1979-1997
  • Chapter 6. The Third Way and Beyond: The Future of British Industrial Relations
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index.

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