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

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Manchester scholarship online Manchester scholarship online 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 Summary 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 which lay behind the industry's reputation for conflict. This book reveals a changing, complex world of social practices, cultural norms, shared values and expectations. From the 1950s, car workers developed shop-floor organisations of considerable authority, enabling some new demands of their working lives, but constraining other more radical political aims. This is a story of workers and their place in the power relations of post-war Britain. This book is invaluable to academics and students studying the history, sociology and politics of modern Britain, particularly those with an interest in power, rationality, class, labour, gender and race Analysis Activism Class Labour Motor Industry Post-war Britain Social Movements Sociology Strikes Subjectivities Trade Unions Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2019) Subject 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 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 Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526133403 1526133407 1526146649 9781526146649 9781526133410 1526133415

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