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The Government of British Trade Unions - A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers... The Government of British Trade Unions - A Study of Apathy and the Democratic Process in the Transport and General Workers Union (Hardcover)
Joseph Goldstein
R3,194 Discovery Miles 31 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1952, The Government of British Trade Unions analyses the government, in theory and in practice, of one of Britain's most important labour organizations - The Transport and General Works Union in the first half of the 20th Century. It is an appraisal of the role of the rank and file within this union of over one million members, to determine both the opportunity for, and the extent of their participation in, this State within a State. Original sources and materials, which had not previously been made public in relation to any major British or American Trade Union, were used to ascertain member turnover, participation in elections, attendance at Branch meetings and the effect of the repeal of the Trade Disputes Act on Labour Party membership. The study is of great interest both for the light it throws on the general question of Trade Unions in the modern State, and for its analysis of the Transport and General Works Union itself.

Trade Unions (Hardcover): Kevin Hawkins Trade Unions (Hardcover)
Kevin Hawkins
R2,749 Discovery Miles 27 490 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions was written at a time when there was a widespread belief that Britain's trade unions were undemocratic, obstructive and strike-prone. This book argues that throughout their history, British trade unions have played a reactive role, and that their objectives, organization and tactics have been shaped by the actions of others, whether employers, governments or the judiciary. The book examines the historical development of the trade union movement and its long running battle with lawyers and judges. It then analyses trade union structure, organization and government and looks at the pattern of union activity in the workplace. Trade Unions will be of interest to students of industrial relations, politics and management studies and for anyone interested in the role of unions within contemporary British society.

Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State (Hardcover): Otto Jacobi, Bob Jessop, Hans Kastendiek, Marino Regini Economic Crisis, Trade Unions and the State (Hardcover)
Otto Jacobi, Bob Jessop, Hans Kastendiek, Marino Regini
R3,195 Discovery Miles 31 950 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1986, this book analyses the impact of the changing economic and political climate on trade unions in Europe. The first part of the book deals with general issues, and the succeeding parts look at developments in the UK, Italy and the former West Germany.

Collective Bargaining (Hardcover): Clive Jenkins, Barrie Sherman Collective Bargaining (Hardcover)
Clive Jenkins, Barrie Sherman
R2,588 Discovery Miles 25 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1977, this book explains the complexity of collective bargaining and discusses the nature of trade unionism and trade unions, emphasising the collectivity aspect. It discusses a union's work at local and national levels, when dealing with an employers' federation, and with various types of employers. Among the topics covered are the legal processes involved in collective bargaining, the topics about which collective bargaining takes place (recognition, the salary package, pensions, for example, and the back-up services necessary to conduct effective bargaining and industrial action.

White-Collar Unionism - The Rebellious Salariat (Hardcover): Clive Jenkins, Barrie Sherman White-Collar Unionism - The Rebellious Salariat (Hardcover)
Clive Jenkins, Barrie Sherman
R2,592 Discovery Miles 25 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1979 at a time when white-collar union membership had increased both in the public and private sectors of the economy, this book explains who the members were, why there was such astonishing membership growth and the circumstances which surrounded it. The history of this growth is recorded and the special problems of organization and recruitment are outlined. Issues discussed include bargaining, communications, the salary package concept, organization and recruitment problems, the rewards system, incomes policies, government liaison work and industrial democracy.

Economic Expansion and Structural Change - A Trade Union Manifesto (Hardcover): T.L Johnston Economic Expansion and Structural Change - A Trade Union Manifesto (Hardcover)
T.L Johnston
R2,590 Discovery Miles 25 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1963, The Landsorganisationen I Sverige (LO - Swedish Confederation of Trades Unions), enjoys an international reputation as a trade union movement with progressive ideas on wage policy and collective bargaining. The authors of this volume who are trade union economists, deal critically with credit policy; plead for free trade; are outspoken on company taxation, wage policy, the labour market and the location of industry. Throughout the authors are outspoken in their emphasis on growth and change, which they interpret as change in the outlook of the unions as well as in that of industry and of the government.

Modern Trade Unionism (Hardcover): J. T. Murphy Modern Trade Unionism (Hardcover)
J. T. Murphy
R2,743 Discovery Miles 27 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1935, this provocative book examined the tendencies of the Trade Unions in early 20th Century Britain in the light of their history. An advocate of a Socialist society, the author regarded the form and limited functions of the trade unions as temporary and predicted that they would be transformed into industrial unions and become part of the administrative mechanism of industry which would endure.

British Trade Unions (Hardcover): Will Paynter British Trade Unions (Hardcover)
Will Paynter
R2,589 Discovery Miles 25 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1970 this book was written by a successful trade union leader. It describes the changes which took place in the environment in which trade unions have to function; the vast modern corporations, with their highly professional management and often with an international base making them almost immune to pressure in any one country; the technological revolution; the direct involvement of government in industrial relations, prices and incomes policy and the international pressures which impel government intervention.

History General Federation Trade Unions, 1899-1980 (Hardcover): Alice Prochaska History General Federation Trade Unions, 1899-1980 (Hardcover)
Alice Prochaska; Preface by Doug Nicholls
R2,461 Discovery Miles 24 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

When this book was originally published in 1982 the General Federation of Trade Unions (GFTU) was an organisation which catered for some 40 unions with an aggregate membership of 490,000. The GFTU in the late 20th Century was a very different organisation from what its founders in 1899 hope it might become, but in both its early and later form, it holds a significant place in the history of British trade unionism. Its history, outlined in this book sheds much light on the history of labour relations and working-class organisation in this country as a whole. The book provides a framework within which the GFTU's contribution to the history of British labour in the 20th Century may be understood.

Change in Trade Unions - The Development of UK Unions Since the 1960s (Hardcover): R. Undy, V. Ellis, W.E.J. McCarthy, A. M.... Change in Trade Unions - The Development of UK Unions Since the 1960s (Hardcover)
R. Undy, V. Ellis, W.E.J. McCarthy, A. M. Halmos
R3,209 Discovery Miles 32 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1981, this book explains the factors which precipitated and effected changes in the major dimensions of union activity in Britain since 1960. The authors use a series of comparative case studies to examine change in the government, growth, mergers, character and bargaining structures of British unions. The central theme of the book is that unions are far freer to determine their own behaviour than was commonly supposed. In examining changes in unions, the authors develop concepts and terms which provide new insights into union behaviour.

Trade Unions and the Law (Hardcover): Horatio Vester, Anthony H. Gardner Trade Unions and the Law (Hardcover)
Horatio Vester, Anthony H. Gardner
R2,584 Discovery Miles 25 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1955, this book describes in a clear and concise way the nature of a Trade Union in England from the legal point of view, the particular aspects of the Law which make it possible for Trade Unions to carry on their activities and the restraints which the Law place on them for the protection of their members and the community. It briefly reviews the history of Trade Union Law, describes the Acts of Parliament which made the modern Trade Union possible and deals with those aspects of the Law which are important for those who have industrial relations with Trade Unions.

Comrades and Brothers - Communism and Trade Unions in Europe (Hardcover): Michael Waller, Stephane Courtois, Marc Lazar Comrades and Brothers - Communism and Trade Unions in Europe (Hardcover)
Michael Waller, Stephane Courtois, Marc Lazar
R2,742 Discovery Miles 27 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1991, this book opens with a theoretical and historical section and analyses the affairs of both the communist party and the trade unions of specific European countries. The first part of the book deals with cases of communist strength, where the communist part had close links with a particular trade union (France, Italy, Spain). The second part looks at cases where social democracy dominated the Left (Belgium, The Netherlands and the UK). Two further essays examine developments in the 1980s in Hungary and Poland.

Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe (Hardcover): Michael Waller, Martin Myant Parties, Trade Unions and Society in East-Central Europe (Hardcover)
Michael Waller, Martin Myant
R2,739 Discovery Miles 27 390 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1994, this volume analyses the relationship between political parties and trade unions in Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Bulgaria. Political parties had high visibility in the changes that took place in Eastern Europe during the 1980s and early 1990s. Far less visible were the developments in the trade union sphere, where the old 'mass organizations' of the communist period, now independent, were joined by newly-formed organizations, and both played a central role in politics.

White Collar Workers - Trade Unions and Class (Hardcover): Peter Armstrong, Bob Carter, Chris Smith, Theo Nichols White Collar Workers - Trade Unions and Class (Hardcover)
Peter Armstrong, Bob Carter, Chris Smith, Theo Nichols
R2,744 Discovery Miles 27 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1986, the 1970s and 80s saw the emergence of the 'the new working class' or 'new middle class'. This book is an authoritative study of the 'white collar workers' relationship with their unions and analysis of their newly designated class. The authors drew extensively on original fieldwork and verbatim accounts from technical workers and foremen in industry. White Collar Workers examines the particular circumstances of different groups of workers and their functions in relation to capital and labour. It analyses changes in the composition of union membership and the effect of these changes on the structure and policy of unions.

Urban Emotions and the Making of the City - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback): Katie Barclay, Jade Riddle Urban Emotions and the Making of the City - Interdisciplinary Perspectives (Paperback)
Katie Barclay, Jade Riddle
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together a vibrant interdisciplinary mix of scholars - from anthropology, architecture, art history, film studies, fine art, history, literature, linguistics and urban studies - to explore the role of emotions in the making and remaking of the city. By asking how urban boundaries are produced through and with emotion; how emotional communities form and define themselves through urban space; and how the emotional imaginings of urban spaces impact on histories, identities and communities, the volume advances our understanding of 'urban emotions' into discussions of materiality, power and embodiment across time and space.

Collective Bargaining in Sweden - A Study of the Labour Market and Its Institutions (Hardcover): T.L Johnston Collective Bargaining in Sweden - A Study of the Labour Market and Its Institutions (Hardcover)
T.L Johnston
R3,203 Discovery Miles 32 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1962, this book analyses and assesses the Swedish Government and structure of both trade unions and employers' organizations, including the spread of unionism to white-collar workers. It then examines Swedish labour legislation, which established an act on Collective Contracts, a Labour Court and a mediation service. The book also shows the collective bargaining system at work under conditions of full employment, and examines critically the attempts to develop a policy for wages through the labour market organizations, rather than by government decree. Anyone, in mature or developing economies, concerned with collective bargaining and wage policies will find this lucid study of the Swedish system a rich source book for positive policies.

Social City - Urban Experience and Belonging in Surat (Hardcover): Sadan Jha Social City - Urban Experience and Belonging in Surat (Hardcover)
Sadan Jha
R3,627 Discovery Miles 36 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book examines urban experience from the vantage point of the global South. Drawing upon narratives coming from three key axes-communities, neighbourhoods, and market places-it lays bare the specificities of urban experience in contemporary Surat. It discusses a host of issues, including the ambiguity of urban experience, its uncomfortable ties with frames of the capital, and the politics of urban belonging that operate at multiple levels, shaping the contours of urban society. Musing on the subjectivities pertaining to the social and the spatial in a milieu of a fast-transforming urban landscape of Surat, Gujarat, the book is an exploration of how people perceive and associate with their surroundings, how they aspire, how they stigmatise others, the relation between the city and its migrants and castes, and at a broader level, between the capital and the city. An important contribution to the study of cities, the volume sheds light on how urban experience can be approached as a socially and spatially embedded concept. It will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of social history, urban sociology, urban studies, global South, and South Asia.

Abandoned Train Stations (Hardcover): David Ross Abandoned Train Stations (Hardcover)
David Ross
R535 Discovery Miles 5 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Mysterious ghost stations forgotten beneath the cities of Paris and London; desolate grand rail hubs in the Pyrenean mountains; metro stations in China that terminate in a wasteland; Abandoned Train Stations looks at some of the thousands of disused station buildings, platforms, lines, tunnels, and rail yards left behind by modernity. Organised by continent, this book takes the reader to every corner of the globe. Explore Canfranc International Railway Station, once a busy mountain hub of international travel between France and Spain; see the eerily empty platform at Kings Cross Thameslink, London, today a service tunnel following the station's closure in the early 2000s; examine the grandiose Michigan Central Train Station in Detroit, an historic Amtrak rail depot, and once the tallest rail station in the world; marvel at the dusty, overgrown shell of Abkhazia's once beautiful railway station in Psyrtskha, a physical legacy of the former Soviet era in the Caucasus; see the disused Tiwanaku train station, situated almost 4,000 metres above sea level in the Bolivian Andes; or learn about the fascinating Istvantelek Train Yard, in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, better known as the 'Red Star train graveyard' because of its many Soviet-era engine wrecks. Illustrated with more than 200 photographs, Abandoned Train Stations provides a fascinating pictorial journey through the little-known remnants of rail transport infrastructure from every part of the world.

Urban Ecology and Intervention in the 21st Century Americas - Verticality, Catastrophe, and the Mediated City (Paperback):... Urban Ecology and Intervention in the 21st Century Americas - Verticality, Catastrophe, and the Mediated City (Paperback)
Allison M. Schifani
R1,142 Discovery Miles 11 420 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book takes a hemispheric approach to contemporary urban intervention, examining urban ecologies, communication technologies, and cultural practices in the twenty-first century. It argues that governmental and social regimes of control and forms of political resistance converge in speculation on disaster and that this convergence has formed a vision of urban environments in the Americas in which forms of play and imaginations of catastrophe intersect in the vertical field. Schifani explores a diverse range of resistant urban interventions, imagining the city as on the verge of or enmeshed in catastrophe. She also presents a model of ecocriticism that addresses aesthetic practices and forms of play in the urban environment. Tracing the historical roots of such tactics as well as mapping their hopes for the future will help the reader to locate the impacts of climate change not only on the physical space of the city, but also on the epistemological and aesthetic strategies that cities can help to engender. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Urban Studies, Media Studies, American Studies, Global Studies, and the broad and interdisciplinary field of Environmental Humanities.

Trade Unions in the Developed Economies (Hardcover): E. Owen-Smith Trade Unions in the Developed Economies (Hardcover)
E. Owen-Smith
R2,745 Discovery Miles 27 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Originally published in 1981, Trade Unions in the Developed Economies is a collection of studies on the growth, structure and policies of trade unions in 7 developed economies. The early growth of trade unions has been summarised so that a post-Second World War analysis could be undertaken. The section on growth contains an examination of the extent to which conflict between the parties has either increased or decreased. All developments are viewed against a backcloth of general economic developments and the statistical data deal with trends rather than particular developments at any one point. The section on structure analyses how changes in the structure of the labour force have been reflected by changes in the structure of trade unions. Inter-union relations are examined in this and other contexts. The policy section examines the main bargaining issues and the methods employed to achieve these goals.

Science in the Metropolis - Vienna in Transnational Context, 1848-1918 (Hardcover): Mitchell G. Ash Science in the Metropolis - Vienna in Transnational Context, 1848-1918 (Hardcover)
Mitchell G. Ash
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book presents new research on spaces for science and processes of interurban and transnational knowledge transfer and exchange in the imperial metropolis of Vienna in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chapters discuss Habsburg science policy, metropolitan natural history museums, large technical projects including the Ringstrasse and water pipelines from the Alps, urban geology, geography, public reports on polar exploration, exchanges of ethnographic objects, popular scientific societies and scientifically oriented adult education. The infrastructures and knowledge spaces described here were preconditions for the explosion of creativity known as 'Vienna 1900.'

Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 (Paperback): Ralph Darlington Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14 (Paperback)
Ralph Darlington
R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Labour Revolt that swept Britain in the early 20th century was one of the most sustained, dramatic and violent explosions of industrial militancy and social conflict the country has ever experienced. It involved large-scale strikes by miners, seamen, dockers, railway workers and many others, and was dominated by unskilled and semi-skilled workers, many acting independently of trade-union officials. Because of this powerful grassroots energy, the country saw widespread solidarity action, phenomenal union membership growth, breakthroughs in both industrial unionism and women's union organisation, and a dramatic increase in the collective power of the working-class movement. It heralded political radicalisation that celebrated direct action and challenged head-on the Liberal government and police and military, as well as driving reform of the Labour Party. Exploring the role of the radical left and the relationship between industrial struggles and political organisation, with new archival research and fresh insights and combining history from below and above, Ralph Darlington provides a multi-dimensional portrayal of the context, causes, actors, dynamics and contemporary significance of the Labour Revolt.

Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment - Experiences from Northern, East-Central, and Southern Europe, 1870s-1930s... Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment - Experiences from Northern, East-Central, and Southern Europe, 1870s-1930s (Hardcover)
Antje Dietze, Alexander Vari
R3,786 Discovery Miles 37 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is part of an ongoing transnational turn in cultural history. Studies on the history of urban popular culture and the entertainment industries increasingly engage with the European or global circulation of genres, actors, and shows, especially during the period of massive growth and expansion of the sector from the 1870s to the 1930s. Nevertheless, a large part of this research remains focused on exchanges between Western and Central European, and North American metropolises. To provide a fuller picture of the emergence and cross-border transfer of different genres of popular culture, this volume investigates Northern, East Central, and Southern European cities and their relations with each other and the West. The authors analyze the mediating agents, transnational networks, and local responses to new forms of entertainment from Madrid to Vyborg, and from Istanbul to Reykjavik. These examples re-focus the history of urban popular culture in Europe in view of multidirectional transfers and a wider range of regional experiences. Urban Popular Culture and Entertainment will appeal to researchers and students alike interested in the history of popular culture in modern societies, particularly those studying urban centers in Europe, and their transnational and transregional connections.

Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700-1850 (Paperback): Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison, Karen Crawley Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700-1850 (Paperback)
Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison, Karen Crawley
R1,249 Discovery Miles 12 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this collection, the essays examine the critical role that judgments about noise and sound played in framing the meaning of civility in British discourse and literature during the long eighteenth century. The volume restores the sonic dimension to conversations about civil conduct by exploring how censured behaviours and recommended practices resonated beyond the written word. As the contributors show, understanding changing perceptions and valuations of noise and sound allows us to chart how civility was understood in the context of significant political, social and cultural change, including the development of urban life, the extension of empire and the consolidation of legal procedure. Divided into three parts, Sound, Space and Civility in the British World demonstrates how both noise and sound could be recognized by eighteenth-century Britons as expressions of civility. The essays also explore the audible implications of uncivil conduct to complicate our understanding of the sonic range of politeness. The uses of sound and noise to interrogate British colonial anxieties about the distinction between civility and incivility are also investigated. Taken together, the essays identify the emergence of civility as a development that radically altered sonic attitudes and experiences, producing new notions of what counted as desirable or undesirable sound.

Management and Labor Conflict - An Introduction to the US and Canadian History (Hardcover): Jason Russell Management and Labor Conflict - An Introduction to the US and Canadian History (Hardcover)
Jason Russell
R1,413 Discovery Miles 14 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Management and labor have been adversaries in American and Canadian workplaces since the time of colonial settlement. Labor lacked full legal legitimacy in Canada and the United States until the mid-1930s and the passage of laws that granted collective bargaining rights and protection from dismissal due to union activity. The US National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) became the model for labor laws in both countries. Organized labor began to decline in the United States in the late 1960s due to a variety of factors including electoral politics, internal social and cultural differences, and economic change. Canadian unions fared better in comparison to their American counterparts, but still engaged in significant struggles. This analysis focuses on management and labor interaction in the United States and Canada from the 1930s to the turn of the second decade of the twenty-first century. It also includes a short overview of employer and worker interaction from the time of European colonization to the 1920s. The book addresses two overall questions: In what forms did management and labor conflict occur and how was labor-management interaction different between the two countries? It pays particular attention to key events and practices where the United States and Canada diverged when it came to labor-management conflict including labor law, electoral politics, social and economic change, and unionization patterns in the public and private sectors. This book shows that there were key points of convergence and divergence in the past between the United States and Canada that explain current differences in labor-management conflict and interaction in the two countries. It will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of management and labor history, employment and labor relations, and industrial relations.

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