Trade Unions and the State

Trade Unions and the State
Author :
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 252
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781400826612
ISBN-13 : 1400826616
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Trade Unions and the State by : Chris Howell

Download or read book Trade Unions and the State written by Chris Howell and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-01-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, Howell offers a revisionist history of British trade unionism in the twentieth century. Most scholars regard Britain's industrial relations institutions as the product of a largely laissez faire system of labor relations, punctuated by occasional government interference. Howell, on the other hand, argues that the British state was the prime architect of three distinct systems of industrial relations established in the course of the twentieth century. The book contends that governments used a combination of administrative and judicial action, legislation, and a narrative of crisis to construct new forms of labor relations. Understanding the demise of the unions requires a reinterpretation of how these earlier systems were constructed, and the role of the British government in that process. Meticulously researched, Trade Unions and the State not only sheds new light on one of Thatcher's most significant achievements but also tells us a great deal about the role of the state in industrial relations.


Trade Unions and the State Related Books

Trade Unions and the State
Language: en
Pages: 252
Authors: Chris Howell
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-01-10 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 h
Interest Representation and Europeanization of Trade Unions from EU Member States of the Eastern Enlargement
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Christin Landgraf
Categories: Labor unions
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015 - Publisher: Ibidem Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book examines the integration of trade unions from the six biggest countries of the EU's Eastern enlargement of EU governance structures. Based on more tha
State of the Unions: How Labor Can Strengthen the Middle Class, Improve Our Economy, and Regain Political Influence
Language: en
Pages: 276
Authors: Philip Dine
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-08-27 - Publisher: McGraw-Hill

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From steel workers, Teamsters, and coal miners to teachers, actors, and civil servants, union members once accounted for more than one third of the American wor
The State and the Unions
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Christopher L. Tomlins
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985-08-30 - Publisher: CUP Archive

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This 1985 book offers a critical examination of the impact of the National Labor Relations Act on American unions. Dr Tomlins examines both the laws from the la
The Economics of Trade Unions
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Hristos Doucouliagos
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-02-17 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Richard B. Freeman and James L. Medoff’s now classic 1984 book What Do Unions Do? stimulated an enormous theoretical and empirical literature on the economic