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The Fifth Estate - Britain's Unions in the Seventies (Hardcover) Loot Price: R4,095
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The Fifth Estate - Britain's Unions in the Seventies (Hardcover): Robert Taylor

The Fifth Estate - Britain's Unions in the Seventies (Hardcover)

Robert Taylor

Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement

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First published in 1978. Britain's unions were blamed by many people for the country's post-war economic decline. Portrayed as greedy wreckers who wanted to run the country, they had become scapegoats for the state of the nation. This anatomy of Britain's diverse and complex trade union movement sets out to question that widespread opinion. The main argument advanced in the study is that unions in Britain were too weak, not too strong. From the 1940s until the 1970s, Robert Taylor believes, they had failed to achieve the constructive influence over British society that union movements elsewhere in western Europe had managed to gain. Considering the major and medium-sized unions separately, he examines the sudden and rapid growth of unionisation in Britain, the structure of the unions, their effectiveness, the influence they had, their international record, and the nature of trade union democracy.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Labour Movement
Release date: November 2018
First published: 1978
Authors: Robert Taylor
Dimensions: 216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-33448-9
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory
Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > History > British & Irish history > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Industrial history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-138-33448-0
Barcode: 9781138334489

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