| Description |
xi, 243 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction : the puzzle of British industrial relations -- Ch. 2. Constructing industrial relations institutions -- Ch. 3. The construction of the collective laissez-faire system, 1890-1940 -- Ch. 4. Donovan, dissension, and the decentralization of industrial relations, 1940-1979 -- Ch. 5. The decollectivization of industrial relations, 1979-1997 -- Ch. 6. The third way and beyond : the future of British industrial relations |
| Summary |
"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."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Great Britain |
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Trade unions |
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Industrial relations policy |
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Labour movement |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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History, 1901-1999 |
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Overseas item |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Labor unions -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Industrial relations -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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Labor movement -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
2004042069 |
| ISBN |
0691121060 cloth alkaline paper |
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