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Trade Unions and the State: The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000
Chris Howell
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Paperback. The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in political history. In analyzing how an entirely new industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, this work offers a revisionist history of British trade unionism in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130408
SKU
V9780691130408
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About Chris Howell
Chris Howell is Professor of Politics at Oberlin College. He is the author of "Regulating Labor: The State and Industrial Relations Reform in Postwar France" (Princeton), and numerous articles on British and French industrial relations and labor politics.
Reviews for Trade Unions and the State: The Construction of Industrial Relations Institutions in Britain, 1890-2000
Winner of the 2005 Labor History Book Prize, Labor History Journal "Howell writes directly and clearly. He integrates into his study the concepts of many authors and his research is current... Howell has created a work of merit and it deserves the attention and respect of students of the British industrial relations."
James W. Stitt, EH.net "Howell's work ... well repays ... Read more
James W. Stitt, EH.net "Howell's work ... well repays ... Read more