Strikes and Solidarity - Coalfield Conflict in Britain, 1889-1966

Zusammenfassung In this important contribution to the study of industrial relations! first published in 1998! Roy Church and Quentin Outram combine qualitative and quantitative investigations to explain the strike activity of British coalminers. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of figures and tables; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Interpreting coalfield conflict: focus and formulations; 2. Tradition and modernity: the mining industry 1889-1940; 3. Employers and workers: organizations and strategies; 4. Employers and workers: ideologies, attitudes and political orientations; 5. Configurations of strike activity; 6. Strike participation and solidarity before 1912; 7. Strikes, organization and consciousness in 1912 and after; 8. Conflictual context? The 'isolated mass' revisited; 9. Mining and modernity: size, sectionalism and solidarity; 10. The foundations of strike propensity; 11. Miners and management: agency and action; 12. Industrial relations and strikes after nationalization; 13. International perspectives; 14. Myths and realities: strikes, solidarity and 'militant miners'; General appendix.

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• Authors: Roy Church, Roy (University of East Anglia) Outram Church, Roy A. Church, Roy Outram Church, Church Roy, Quentin Outram, Outram Quentin, Outram Quentin, Church Roy
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.05.2002
• EAN: 9780521894036
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89403-6
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Coalfield Conflict in Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; European History, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Social and cultural history, British Isles, Industrial relations, occupational health and safety, Energy industries and utilities