Trade Unionism in Recession (Hardcover, New)

During the 1980's, British trade unionism confronted its greatest challenge, and suffered its greatest reverses, since the inter-war period. After a decade of rapid growth, the unions experienced a steep decline in membership, and a virtual marginalization in national political affairs. By 1990, a united, self-confident, social movement as well as a powerful industrial bargainer, often seemed more closely akin to a demoralized collection of special interest groupings. This book addresses a number of fundamental questions raised by the record of these years. It examines the reasons for membership loss and the implications for trade union influence in the workplace. It looks at the steps the unions took in reaction to the membership problem and the difficulties they confronted doing so. It also looks at whether this period can be seen as making a fundamental break with the past, resulting in irretrievable loss by British trade unionism of its former important position in British society and the British workplace, or whether the past decade has been but a temporary recession and the future can still see revived movement. This book is intended for scholars, postgraduates, and 3rd year

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Social Change and Economic Life Initiative
Release date:	March 1996
First published:	March 1996
Editors:	Duncan Gallie (Official Fellow) • Roger Penn (Reader in Economic Sociology) • Michael Rose (Fellow of the Centre for European Industrial Studies)
Dimensions:	224 x 147 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	376
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-827920-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Industrial relations & safety > Industrial relations > Trade unions Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-19-827920-5
Barcode:	9780198279204

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