Labour
Labour

Author: Bill Simpson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0429830092

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First published in 1973. In this study, the author adopts a historical approach, tracing the evolution of socialist thinking during the past century and relating this to the growth of the union movement. The Taff Vale judgement, the Osborne judgement, the roles of the SDF, the Fabians, and the ILP - these episodes are re-examined from a novel perspective, and the historical material is frequently illuminated by the use of contemporary analogies. The second half of the book presents an analytical study of differing union political theories and attitudes against the modern industrial background. Here the Marxist case is studied in depth and contrasted with the views of the Social Democrats. The author then considers the ownership and control of the economy, industrial relations, prices and incomes and inflation, making it clear where he feels the movement should stand on the key political issues of today. Finally, the book suggests the way in which the Labour Party and the trade unions should organise for power in the country.

The Democratic Class Struggle
The Democratic Class Struggle

Author: Walter Korpi

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0429806876

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First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen OECD countries. Its underlying theoretical theme is the development of class relations in free-enterprise or capitalise democracies. This title will be of interest to students of history and politics.

New Jerusalems
New Jerusalems

Author: Elizabeth Durbin

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0429819676

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First published in 1985. In the 1930s the Labour Party undertook a deliberate search for a viable economic programme to introduce a democratic socialism to Britain. Against the background of the economic turmoil of the period, a group of young economists working for the party thrashed out the theoretical and practical implications of the Keynesian revolution, the planning controversies and the new market socialism. New Jerusalems examines in detail this collective enterprise in economic policy-making. This title will be of great interest to scholars and students of political history.

Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement
Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement

Author: Various

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-07-28

Total Pages: 13366

ISBN-13: 0429784988

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This set of 44 volumes, originally published between 1924 and 1995, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the Labour Movement, including labour union history, the early stages and development of the Labour Party, and studies on the working classes. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of political history.

Routledge Library Editions
Routledge Library Editions

Author: VARIOUS.

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 10608

ISBN-13: 9781138324350

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This set of 44 volumes, originally published between 1924 and 1995, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on the Labour Movement, including labour union history, the early stages and development of the Labour Party, and studies on the working classes. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of political history.

The World of Labour
The World of Labour

Author: G. Cole

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2010-11

Total Pages: 470

ISBN-13: 1136885722

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Cole saw the trade unions as being critical to progress, but to realise their role they needed to change and the issue of trade union structure therefore became fundamental. He considered in this volume that trade union structure was a central problem of the labour movement – he described British trade unionism as a movement bereft of ideas and policy. He discusses the evolution in the trade unions to cover not only wages and working conditions but the organisation and control of industry.

The Labour Party in Crisis
The Labour Party in Crisis

Author: Paul Whiteley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0429831838

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First published in 1983. This study draws upon empirical findings on party activists, members and voters. It examines the origins and nature of Labour’s crisis in the 1980s, showing how the split leading to the formation of the SDP was merely a manifestation of deeply rooted problems which went back many years. It argues that this crisis had three distinct but interrelated aspects: first, the ideological schism within the party, which had grown in intensity over time; second, the electoral crisis, which produced the worst electoral performance at the 1983 general election since 1918; and, third, the membership crisis arising from the fact that the party had been losing more than 11,000 individual members per year on average since 1945. Using elite and mass surveys the book demonstrates the link between these crises and Labour’s policy performance in office set against a background of rapid economic decline.