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Informationen zum Autor Jim Phillips is Senior Lecturer in Economic and Social History at the University of Glasgow. His research examines the historical dimensions of a core problem in our contemporary world: how individuals and communities identify and pursue economic security. He sees work and labour organisation in industrial sectors as central to such security. Jim's analysis of deindustrialisation is framed by notions of justice and the moral economy. Klappentext Brings to light the vital role coal miners played in the social and political history of twentieth century Scotland Throughout the twentieth century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book shows that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland's economic, social and political history. It highlights the role of miners in formulating labour movement demands for political-constitutional reforms that helped create the conditions for the establishment of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The author also uses the experiences of the miners to explore working class wellbeing more broadly throughout the prolonged and politicised period of deindustrialisation that culminated in the Thatcherite assault of the 1980s. Key Features - Analyses longer history of Scottish coal miners in terms of changing industrial ownership, production techniques, workplace safety - Examines deindustrialisation as long-running, phased and politicised process - Uses generational analysis to explain economic and political change - Relates Scottish Home Rule to long-running debates about economic security and working class welfare - Relates this economic and industrial history to changes in mining communities and gender relations Jim Phillips is Senior Lecturer in Economic & Social History at the University of Glasgow. Zusammenfassung Throughout the 20th century Scottish miners resisted deindustrialisation through collective action and by leading the campaign for Home Rule. This book shows that coal miners occupy a central position in Scotland's economic, social and political history. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgementsList of TablesAbbreviationsIntroduction: Scottish Coal Miners and Economic SecurityPart One. Legislation: Ownership and WelfareChapter 1 Changing Ownership and EmploymentChapter 2 Changing Communities and CollieriesChapter 3 Improving SafetyPart Two. Education: Political Learning and ActivityChapter 4 Generational learning: from the 1920s to the 1950sChapter 5 Miners and the Scottish Nation: from the 1950s to the 1970sPart Three. Organisation: For Jobs, Wages and CommunitiesChapter 6 Resisting Closures and Winning Wages in the 1960s and 1970sChapter 7 Campaigning For Jobs and Communities in the 1980sLegacy and ConclusionBibliography...
