Social Democracy and Industrial Militiancy - The Labour Party, the Trade Unions and Incomes Policy, 1945-1947

Klappentext A study of the 'new social contract' between the Government and the unions during the 1970s. Zusammenfassung The attempt to establish a 'new social contract' between the Government and the unions! with a view to stabilising the economy and restraining industrial militancy! emerged as a burning issues of contemporary British politics during the 1970s. This study uncovers the roots of this development in the incomes policies of successive post-war Governments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The 1945 Labour Government: the mixed economy and wage restraint; 2. Incomes policy and Labour in opposition; 3. The voluntary incomes policy agreement; 4. The devaluation of voluntarism; 5. The politics of wage freeze; 6. The statutory incomes policy - Labour Government versus labour movement; 7. 'In place of strife'; 8. Industrial militancy and political stagnation; Conclusion; Appendices; Notes; Index.

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• Authors: Leo Panitch, Panitch Leo
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2009
• EAN: 9780521125109
• ISBN: 978-0-521-12510-9
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Labor & Industrial Relations, Trade Unions, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Politics and government, c 1950 to c 1959, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies, C 1945 To C 1960, Political parties and party platforms, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / Unions