In an important contribution to a perennial debate, Dr Savage
argues that over-concentration on national labour movements has
ignored the variety of local political strategies developed by
working-class movements; these variations show that working-class
politics develops on the basis of different types of solidarity
rooted in various forms of local social structure. Such mutations
are not a recent development, testifying to the decline of class
politics, but have been an enduring feature of capitalist
societies. In a detailed case study of Preston, Lancashire, Dr
Savage shows how the strategies and strengths of the various
political parties changed between 1880 and 1940, as workplace
solidarities gave way to neighbourhood-based ones, and as changing
gender relations in the textile industry facilitated the
organisation of women. Its sophisticated use of sociological theory
and detailed empirical analysis distinguish The Dynamics of
Working-Class Politics as one of the more important essays in
historical sociology published in past years.
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