Trade Unions and the Labour Party since 1945
Trade Unions and the Labour Party since 1945

Author: Martin Harrison

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 0429834136

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First published in 1960. This title is a study of one of the most controversial alliances in British political history. The ‘wage freeze’, Bevanism, the block vote, nuclear disarmament: these are only a few of the points at which the unions’ activities within the Labour Party had roused hot debate. Drawing extensively on previously unpublished material and on discussions with past members of the Labour Movement, the author creates a survey of what the partnership really amounted to.

The Conservative Party and the Trade Unions
The Conservative Party and the Trade Unions

Author: Peter Dorey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-04-07

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1134921586

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Peter Dorey examines the attitudes and policies of the Conservative Party towards the trade unions from the nineteenth century onwards. He links these to wider political and economic circumstances, and studies the key personalities involved. There has always been disagreement within the Conservative Party as to how it should deal with the trade unions. These disagreements have, in large part, reflected divisions within British Conservatism itself.

British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics
British Trade Unions and Industrial Politics

Author: John Mcllroy

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-26

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 0429842961

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First published in 1999, this volume describes the political climate and state of trade unions after the second world war in Britain. Detailing the transition of individuals who had survived in the war or had taken part in the war effort to going back a civilian life in 1945. Following the rise of the Labour party in Britain until 1964.

Political Purpose in Trade Unions
Political Purpose in Trade Unions

Author: Irving Richter

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0429830246

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First published in 1973. In this study of trade union political activity in the period since 1945, the author demolishes much of the original rhetoric and inherited wisdom to provide an alternative insight on the entire subject of unions in politics. For his study the author has chosen to examine, in detail, the political interests and activities of a representative group of British unions, while an extended chapter makes a comparative assessment of the American experience. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of history and politics.

The Trade Unions and the Labour Party
The Trade Unions and the Labour Party

Author: Andrew Taylor

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0429833245

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First published in 1987. This book considers the Trade Unions-Labour Party relationship. It traces developments over the 1970s and early 1980s, and analyses the debate between those who argue for the Unions to take a more prominent lead within the Party and those who are against this. This title will be of interest to scholars and students of politics and history.

Who Rules America Now?
Who Rules America Now?

Author: G. William Domhoff

Publisher: Touchstone

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.

The Contentious Alliance
The Contentious Alliance

Author: Lewis Minkin

Publisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 716

ISBN-13:

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Minkin, regarded as Britain's foremost authority on Labour Party politics, marshalls a great deal of new primary material to present a comprehensive assessment of one of the most significant yet stormy alliances in British political life. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Winter of Discontent
The Winter of Discontent

Author: Tara Martin López

Publisher: Liverpool University Press

Published: 2014-07-24

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1781386013

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A reassessment of the myth of the British ‘Winter of Discontent’, 1978–79, from the perspective of those involved, in particular, grassroots activists and the growing number of female activists.

Organizing Matters
Organizing Matters

Author: Guy Mundlak

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2020-05-29

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 1839104031

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Organizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour’s collective action: on the one hand, workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests and, on the other hand, social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour’s interests from the top down. The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries – Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership.