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Metal that Will not Bend - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995 (Paperback): Kally Forrest Metal that Will not Bend - The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, 1980-1995 (Paperback)
Kally Forrest
R475 R371 Discovery Miles 3 710 Save R104 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

This volume traces the themes of power, independence, and workers' control as they were practiced by Numsa. A number of small metal organizations, with at times antagonistic organizational and political strategies, were built in different ways and with different attitudes to the exiled liberation movements of the early 1980s. They eventually unified into one powerful organization. Forrest describes how workers' struggles built this power, and she scrutinizes the strategies used in the late 1980s, such as innovative bargaining strategies, to significantly improve the conditions of South Africa's impoverished workers. The volume then progresses to examine how Numsa used its power in an attempt to insert a workers' perspective into the political transition of the early 1990s. It explores the obstacles the union faced, such as the violence that erupted across the country, and its commonality and divergence from the politics of the liberation movements (chiefly the ANC).

Scabs and Traitors - Taboo, Violence and Punishment in Labour Disputes in Britain, 1760-1871 (Paperback): Thomas Linehan Scabs and Traitors - Taboo, Violence and Punishment in Labour Disputes in Britain, 1760-1871 (Paperback)
Thomas Linehan
R1,180 Discovery Miles 11 800 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In its broadest sense, this book is concerned with the attempt by workers in Britain during the period 1760-1871 to engage in collective action in circumstances of conflict with their employers during a time when the nation and many of its traditional economic structures and customary modes of working were undergoing rapid and unsettling change. More specifically, the book principally focuses on the attempt by those workers favouring a collective approach to struggle to overcome what they felt to be one of the main obstacles to collective action, the uncooperative worker. At times during these decades, the sanctions directed by collectively inclined workmen at those workers deemed to have engaged in acts contrary to the interests of the trade and customary codes of behaviour in the context of strikes and other instances of friction in the workplace were severe and uncompromising. Stern and unforgiving, too, was the struggle between the collectively inclined worker and the uncooperative worker in a more general sense, a contest that occasionally took a violent and bloody form. In exploring the fractious and hostile relationship between these two conflicting parties, this book draws on concepts and insights from a range of scholarly disciplines in an effort to shift the perception and study of this relationship beyond many of the conventional paradigms and explanatory frameworks associated with mainstream trade union studies.

Just Transitions - Social Justice in the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon World (Paperback): Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause, Dimitris... Just Transitions - Social Justice in the Shift Towards a Low-Carbon World (Paperback)
Edouard Morena, Dunja Krause, Dimitris Stevis
R648 Discovery Miles 6 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In the field of 'climate change', no terrain goes uncontested. The terminological tug of war between activists and corporations, scientists and governments, has seen radical notions of 'sustainability' emptied of urgency and subordinated to the interests of capital. 'Just Transition' is the latest such battleground, and the conceptual keystone of the post-COP21 climate policy world. But what does it really mean? Just Transition emerged as a framework developed within the trade union movement to encompass a range of social interventions needed to secure workers' and frontline communities' jobs and livelihoods as economies shift to sustainable production. Just Transitions draws on a range of perspectives from the global North and South to interrogate the overlaps, synergies and tensions between various understandings of the Just Transition approach. As the concept is entering the mainstream, has it lost its radical edge, and if so, can it be recovered? Written by academics and activists from around the globe, this unique edited collection is the first book entirely devoted to Just Transition.

National Labour Relations in Internationalized Markets - A Comparative Study of Institutions, Change and Performance... National Labour Relations in Internationalized Markets - A Comparative Study of Institutions, Change and Performance (Hardcover)
Franz Traxler, Sabine Blaschke, Bernhard Kittel
R5,448 R5,006 Discovery Miles 50 060 Save R442 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents and examines evidence and theories about changing patterns of industrial relations and their links to convergence on the one hand, and economic competitiveness on the other. It includes a comprehensive set of comparable date on industrial relations in twenty OECD countries including Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan, and most leading European countries.

Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America (Paperback): Maria Victoria Murillo Labor Unions, Partisan Coalitions, and Market Reforms in Latin America (Paperback)
Maria Victoria Murillo
R788 Discovery Miles 7 880 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Due to economic crises, labor parties followed economic policies that hurt labor unions during the 1990s, such as trade liberalization and privatization. This book explains why labor unions resisted on some occasions and submitted on others and what the consequences of their actions were by studying three countries: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. The comparison between the experiences of the three countries and five different sectors in each country shows the importance of politics in explaining labor reactions and their effects on economic policies.

The Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Hardcover, New): David Wellman The Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Hardcover, New)
David Wellman
R2,998 R2,475 Discovery Miles 24 750 Save R523 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Based on three years of ethnographic research, this book takes a close look at one of the CIO unions that did not move from craft to business unionism: the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union's (ILWU) major longshore local (Local 10, San Francisco). American unionism looks quite different than conventional scholarly wisdom suggests when actual union practices are observed. One finds that in the ILWU, resistance to management's authority is collectively legitimated behavior, and explicitly acknowledged as good trade unionism. This case study suggests that American labor's trajectory is neither inevitable nor determined; that militant, democratic forms of unionism are possible in the United States; and that collective bargaining need not eliminate contests for control over the workplace. Under certain conditions, the contract is a bargain that reflects and reproduces fundamental disagreement; it is a document that states how production and conflict will proceed.

Actors Organize - A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919 (Paperback): Kerry Segrave Actors Organize - A History of Union Formation Efforts in America, 1880-1919 (Paperback)
Kerry Segrave
R1,249 R857 Discovery Miles 8 570 Save R392 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work offers a detailed history of American actors' attempts to unionize in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Actors' unions of this period faced a staggering amount of struggles, including a heavy industry reliance on the blacklist, severe media attacks on individual actors, and the frequent formation of illegitimate company unions. This work focuses specifically on the two main unions of the time, the White Rats Actors' Union of America and the Actors' Equity Association. The author chronicles the formation of the unions along with their achievements in the following decades and outlines the roles of union leaders Harry Mountford and Francis Wilson.

Managing Competitive Crisis - Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules (Hardcover, Re-issue): Martyn Wright Managing Competitive Crisis - Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules (Hardcover, Re-issue)
Martyn Wright
R2,620 R1,796 Discovery Miles 17 960 Save R824 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In Managing Competitive Crisis Martyn Wright examines how competitive crisis affected the management of work relations in Britain between 1979 and 1991. Based on longitudinal research and interviews with fifty major companies and employers associations, Managing Competitive Crisis is a unique book of topical interest for students of organizational behavior, human resource management and industrial relations and for those seeking to understand the future direction of European political economy.

Turbulence in the American Workplace (Hardcover, New): Peter B. Doeringer Turbulence in the American Workplace (Hardcover, New)
Peter B. Doeringer
R4,533 Discovery Miles 45 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Turbulence--rapid and sometimes tumultuous changes--has characterized the labor markets of the 1970's and 1980's. Turbulent competitive conditions have cut sharply into profits and have forced downsizings and radical readjustments in America's workplaces. Workplace turbulence has resulted in lost jobs, declining incomes, and falling productivity for American labor. From the perspectives of business and labor, turbulence and its consequences is the key human resources issue for the last part of the twentieth century. In Turbulence in the American Workplace, a distinguished group of experts forcefully and convincingly argue that the human resources capacity of the private sector is the first line of defense against turbulence and is of equal importance to public sector education and training programs. The authors--including Kathleen Christensen, Patricia M. Flynn, Douglas T. Hall, Harry C. Katz, Jeffrey H. Keefe, Christopher J. Ruhm, Andrew M. Sum, and Michael Useem--effectively demonstrate how global competition, deregulation, and technological change are creating hard choices for employers that will alter both the living standards of workers and the performance of American industry in the coming decades. This illuminating work will be of significant value to business school faculty, corporate strategic planners, and general managers, as well as students and professionals interested in the areas of public policy, industrial relations, education, and labor studies.

The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations - Comparative Employment Systems (Hardcover): Adrian Wilkinson, Geoffrey Wood,... The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations - Comparative Employment Systems (Hardcover)
Adrian Wilkinson, Geoffrey Wood, Richard Deeg
R4,238 Discovery Miles 42 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

There have been numerous accounts exploring the relationship between institutions and firm practices. However, much of this literature tends to be located into distinct theoretical-traditional 'silos', such as national business systems, social systems of production, regulation theory, or varieties of capitalism, with limited dialogue between different approaches to enhance understanding of institutional effects. Again, evaluations of the relationship between institutions and employment relations have tended to be of the broad-brushstroke nature, often founded on macro-data, and with only limited attention being accorded to internal diversity and details of actual practice. The Handbook aims to fill this gap by bringing together an assembly of comprehensive and high quality chapters to enable understanding of changes in employment relations since the early 1970s. Theoretically-based chapters attempt to link varieties of capitalism, business systems, and different modes of regulation to the specific practice of employment relations, and offer a truly comparative treatment of the subject, providing frameworks and empirical evidence for understanding trends in employment relations in different parts of the world. Most notably, the Handbook seeks to incorporate at a theoretical level regulationist accounts and recent work that link bounded internal systemic diversity with change, and, at an applied level, a greater emphasis on recent applied evidence, specifically dealing with the employment contract, its implementation, and related questions of work organization. It will be useful to academics and students of industrial relations, political economy, and management.

Unions in a Contrary World - The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement (Hardcover, New): David Peetz Unions in a Contrary World - The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement (Hardcover, New)
David Peetz
R2,499 R2,110 Discovery Miles 21 100 Save R389 (16%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the reasons for union decline. Uniquely, it considers both macro and micro levels, looking at the structure of the economy and the labor market, the ideological dispositions people have toward unionism, the role of the state and the political and industrial strategies of unions.

Unions in a Contrary World - The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement (Paperback): David Peetz Unions in a Contrary World - The Future of the Australian Trade Union Movement (Paperback)
David Peetz
R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation, yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the reasons for union decline. Uniquely, it considers both the macro and micro levels, looking at the structure of the economy and the labour market, the relations between unions and employees, the ideological dispositions people have towards unionism, the role of the state and the political and industrial strategies of unions. The author highlights the importance of structural and strategic changes in determining the direction of union membership. This book makes a major contribution to our understanding of union decline, and its implications, and presents a range of strategies for reversing this downturn.

The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879-1885 (Hardcover, New): August Sartorius Von Waltershausen The Workers' Movement in the United States, 1879-1885 (Hardcover, New)
August Sartorius Von Waltershausen; Edited by David Montgomery, Marcel Van Der Linden; Translated by Harry Drost; As told to Jan Gielkins, …
R2,466 R1,697 Discovery Miles 16 970 Save R769 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

August Sartorius von Waltershausen (1852-1938) was an eminent German economist who visited the United States at the beginning of the 1880s and wrote a series of articles on the US labour movement, which were published in Germany. His training in the historical school of economics provided him with a different perspective from that of laissez-faire economists or socialists of his time. The articles are translated in this book, and presented with a biographical essay by Marcel van der Linden and Gregory Zieren, and with an essay on his contribution to the writing of American labor history by David Montgomery. This book provides rich insights into the character of American workers' organizations as they recovered from the depression of the 1870s, before the establishment of strong national institutions.

Pure and Simple Politics - The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917 (Hardcover, New): Julie Greene Pure and Simple Politics - The American Federation of Labor and Political Activism, 1881-1917 (Hardcover, New)
Julie Greene
R2,470 R1,701 Discovery Miles 17 010 Save R769 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Scholarship on American labor politics has been dominated by the view that the American Federation of Labor, the dominant labor organization, rejected political action in favor of economic strategies. Based upon extensive research into labor and political party records, this study demonstrates that, despite the common belief, the AFL devoted great attention to political activity. The organization's main strategy, however, which Julie Greene terms 'pure and simple politics', dictated that trade unionists alone should shape American labor politics. Exploring the period from 1881 to 1917, Pure and Simple Politics focuses on the quandaries this approach generated for American trade unionists. Politics for AFL members became a highly contested terrain, as leaders attempted to implement a strategy which many rank-and-file workers rejected. Furthermore, its drive to achieve political efficacy increasingly exposed the AFL to forces beyond its control, as party politicians and other individuals began seeking to influence labor's political strategy and tactics.

Theory of Sets (Paperback, 1st ed. 1968. 2nd printing 2004): N. Bourbaki Theory of Sets (Paperback, 1st ed. 1968. 2nd printing 2004)
N. Bourbaki
R1,889 Discovery Miles 18 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a softcover reprint of the English translation of 1968 of N. Bourbaki's, Th orie des Ensembles (1970).

Strikes and Solidarity - Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966 (Hardcover): Roy Church, Quentin Outram Strikes and Solidarity - Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966 (Hardcover)
Roy Church, Quentin Outram
R3,110 Discovery Miles 31 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book, Roy Church and Quentin Outram investigate the history of strike activity in the British coal mining industry, a byword for industrial militancy since the late nineteenth century. Strikes and Solidarity takes a multidisciplinary approach that blends quantitative and qualitative research methods to form a new explanation for the pattern of strike activity in the industry. It will be of interest to economic and social historians, sociologists and industrial relations specialists.

Collective Bargaining and Wage Formation - Performance and Challenges (Paperback, 2005 ed.): Hannu Piekkola, Kenneth Snellman Collective Bargaining and Wage Formation - Performance and Challenges (Paperback, 2005 ed.)
Hannu Piekkola, Kenneth Snellman
R2,825 Discovery Miles 28 250 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Hannu Piekkola and Kenneth Snellman ETLA, The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, Helsinki, Finland The Labour Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, Finland 1 The Basic Issues Wages have traditionally been agreed on collectively in Europe. The articles in this volume examine the current state of collective bargaining as well as the ch- lenges it is currently facing. The issues examined in these papers have a wide applicability to problems on the European labour markets. Torben M. Andersen and Steinar Holden review challenges from globalisation and inter-industry trade and the adaptation to a low-inflation environment. The other contributions are part of the project investigating collective bargaining in Finland, carried out by ETLA (the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy) and the Labour Institute for E- nomic Research. Some of them use results from a Finnish survey carried out by the two institutes ETLA and the Labour Institute on the views of employers and employees about labour relations and the labour market negotiation system. Bargaining systems are complex and their future development depends on their historical evolution, recent and past experiences, and the current situation in the labour market, as well as changes in the international environment. By examining the past functioning of the bargaining system one can observe how different e- ments in it have interacted with various factors in the environment of the system.

The Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Paperback, Revised): David Wellman The Union Makes Us Strong - Radical Unionism on the San Francisco Waterfront (Paperback, Revised)
David Wellman
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

American labour history is typically interpreted by scholars as a history of defeat. Hidden by this conventional wisdom are a handful of militant unions that did not follow the putative Congress of Industrial Organizations trajectory. Based on three years of ethnographic research, this book examines a union that organised itself to systematically challenge management's rule on the shopfloor: San Francisco's longshore union. American unionism looks quite different than conventional wisdom suggests when everyday union practices are observed. American labour's trajectory, this book argues, is neither inevitable nor determined; militant, democratic forms of unionism are possible in the United States; and collective bargaining does not automatically eliminate contests for workplace control. The contract is a bargain that reflects and reproduces fundamental disagreement; it states how production and conflict will proceed.

Union Wage Bargaining and Economic Growth (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004): Joerg Lingens Union Wage Bargaining and Economic Growth (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004)
Joerg Lingens
R1,517 Discovery Miles 15 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Writing a book is not possible without the generous input of many people. It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to thank at least some of these people. Prof. Dr. Jochen Michaelis, the supervisor of my dissertation, taught me how to do economic analysis and initiated my interest in labour market is sues. Discussions with him have always been enlightening and have greatly improved the analysis in this book. Moreover, he always encouraged me when I experienced a slump in my motivation. He never lost his calmness and good temper, not even in situations when my need for discussion must have been bothering him. Thanks for that Jochen. I'm indebted to Prof. Dr. Peter Weise for taking over the job as the sec ond referee of my thesis. He gave very valuable comments and sacrificed his christmas holiday to write the referee report as fast as possible. I also want to thank Prof. Stefan Voigt and Prof. Dr. Reinhold Kosfeld, the other two members of the dissertation committee, for the discussion during the defence of the thesis."

Comrades in Conflict - Labour, the Trade Unions and 1969's in Place of Strife (Paperback): Peter Dorey Comrades in Conflict - Labour, the Trade Unions and 1969's in Place of Strife (Paperback)
Peter Dorey
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

On the 50th anniversary of In Place of Strife, this scholarly study makes extensive use of previously unpublished archival and other primary sources to explain why Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle embarked on legislation to regulate the trade unions and curb strikes, and why this aroused such strong opposition, not just from the unions, but within the Cabinet and among backbench Labour MPs. This opposition transcended the orthodox ideological divisions, making temporary allies of traditional adversaries in the Party. Even Wilson's threats either to resign, or call a general election, if his MPs and Ministers failed to support him and Castle, were treated with derision. His colleagues called Wilson's bluff, and forced him to abandon the legislation, in return for a 'solemn and binding' pledge by the trade unions to 'put their own house in order' in tackling strikes. -- .

'Mon the Workers - Celebrating 125 Years of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (Paperback): Daniel Gray 'Mon the Workers - Celebrating 125 Years of the Scottish Trades Union Congress (Paperback)
Daniel Gray; Photographs by Alan McCredie
R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The postman and the primary teacher, the midwife and the musician. Workers in shops, workers at sea. Solidarity with the Columbian farmer and the Palestinian fireman…   Modern trade unionists in Scotland perform roles in every imaginable location and are drawn from all backgrounds. They campaign to win on issues facing the colleague next to them or a comrade thousands of miles away. ’Mon the Workers tells their stories in their own words. It is a celebration of 125 years of the STUC, and a clarion call for the next generation to agitate, organise and win. This book demonstrates past achievements, explores the ideas trade unionists have fought for and rouses the movement towards future victories. 75 trade union members, reps and officials share experiences of union life from the anti-apartheid movement to Wick Wants Work. Alan McCredie’s charismatic portraits of 50 other activists from the trade union movement provide a complementary visual narrative. This very human book pulses with the energy of Scotland’s trade union movement, which has achieved so much and still has more to do.

Tramps and Trade Union Travelers - Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900 (Paperback): Kim... Tramps and Trade Union Travelers - Internal Migration and Organized Labor in Gilded Age America, 1870-1900 (Paperback)
Kim Moody
R562 R477 Discovery Miles 4 770 Save R85 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why has there been no viable, independent labor party in the United States? Many people assert "American exceptionalist" arguments, which state a lack of class-consciousness and union tradition among American workers is to blame. While the racial, ethnic, and gender divisions within the American working class have created organizational challenges for the working class, Moody uses archival research to argue that despite their divisions, workers of all ethnic and racial groups in the Gilded Age often displayed high levels of class consciousness and political radicalism. In place of "American exceptionalism," Moody contends that high levels of internal migration during the late 1800's created instability in the union and political organizations of workers. Because of the tumultuous conditions brought on by the uneven industrialization of early American capitalism, millions of workers became migrants, moving from state to state and city to city. The organizational weakness that resulted undermined efforts by American workers to build independent labor-based parties in the 1880s and 1890s. Using detailed research and primary sources; Moody traces how it was that 'pure-and-simple' unionism would triumph by the end of the century despite the existence of a significant socialist minority in organized labor at that time. Kim Moody was a founder of Labor Notes and is the author of On New Terrain .

Union Against Unions - The Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and Its Fight Against Organized Labor, 1903-1947 (Paperback, New):... Union Against Unions - The Minneapolis Citizens Alliance and Its Fight Against Organized Labor, 1903-1947 (Paperback, New)
William Millikan
R993 Discovery Miles 9 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A groundbreaking labour study, this book offers a detailed portrait of the Citizens Alliance (CA), a union of Minneapolis business owners, which employed any means necessary to squelch the power of organised labour. The association blacklisted union workers, ran a spy network to ferret out union activity, and, when necessary, raised a private army to crush its opposition with brute force. The influence of the CA also reached across the state to battle socialists, labour unions, the Non-partisan League, and the Industrial Workers of the World. The book examines the philosophies and tactics of the Citizens Alliance from its inception in 1903 to the passage of the Labour Management Relations Act of 1947, legislation that effectively inhibited the power of unions. Based on over ten years of meticulous archival research, this book delves into such subjects as the founding of the William Hood Dunwoody Industrial Institute; the 1917 Streetcar Strike and the 1934 Teamsters' Strike; and the CA's collaboration with the Commission of Public Safety, Northwest Bancorporation, the courts, and the military. Both a business history and a labor history, "A Union Against Unions" offers a comprehensive picture of the CA's campaign against organised labour and a fascinating view of Minnesota history during the first half of the twentieth century.

The Work of Reconstruction - From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina 1860-1870 (Paperback, Revised): Julie Saville The Work of Reconstruction - From Slave to Wage Laborer in South Carolina 1860-1870 (Paperback, Revised)
Julie Saville
R720 R599 Discovery Miles 5 990 Save R121 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines social, political, and cultural conflicts opened by the abolition of slavery and the fashioning of wage relations in the era of the American Civil War. It offers a new, close look at the origins, goals, and tactics of popular political clubs created by emancipated workers in the countryside of one of the Deep South's oldest plantation states. The Work of Reconstruction draws on a rich documentary record that allowed ex-slaves to express in their own words and behavior the aspirations and goals that underlay their efforts. Not satisfied to render freed men and women as objects of theoretical inquiry, this book vividly recovers the concrete practices and language in which ex-slaves achieved freedom and the expectations that they had of liberty.

Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement, 1880-1914 (Hardcover, New): Logie Barrow, Ian Bullock Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement, 1880-1914 (Hardcover, New)
Logie Barrow, Ian Bullock
R3,001 R2,586 Discovery Miles 25 860 Save R415 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is the first detailed survey of democratic ideas on the British Left in the period leading to 1914. Socialists of the late nineteenth century inherited assumptions about the priority of democracy from a long tradition of British Radicalism. However, the advent of the Fabians, who rejected this tradition as primitive, and of an ILP leadership more concerned to enter than reform parliament, meant that the movement was split between 'strong' and 'weak' views of democracy. By the eve of the First World War a consensus was emerging that might have formed the basis for a more realistic and more radical approach to democracy than has actually been pursued by the Labour Party and the Left during the twentieth century. Democratic Ideas and the British Labour Movement assesses an important debate in the history of socialist ideas and in the formation of the British Labour movement.

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