Labour and Business in Modern Britain

Labour and Business in Modern Britain (1989) examines the history of labour relations in British business using important empirical research. The study of 'labour process' and the dynamics of the labour market are key, and each chapter stands alone as an investigation of an episode, an industry, or an important theoretical question.

List of contents

1. Labour and Business in Modern Britain John Turner 2. ‘Specifically Designed’? Employers’ Labour Strategies and Worker Responses in British Railway Workshops, 1838–1914 Di Drummond 3. The Meanings of Managerial Prerogative: Industrial Relations and the Organisation of Work in British Engineering, 1880–1939 Alan McKinlay and Jonathan Zeitlin 4. Employers’ Labour Strategies, Industrial Welfare and the Response to New Unionism at Bryant and May, 1888–1930 Robert Fitzgerald 5. ‘Squeezing the Pulpless Orange’: Labour and Capital on the Railways in the Inter-War Years Gerald Crompton 6. Product Markets, Labour Markets and Industrial Relations: The Case of Flour Milling Howard F. Gospel 7. Trade Unions, Management and the Search for Production in the Coventry Motor Car Industry, 1939–75 Tom Donnelly and David Thomas

Summary

Labour and Business in Modern Britain (1989) examines the history of labour relations in British business using important empirical research. The study of ‘labour process’ and the dynamics of the labour market are key, and each chapter stands alone as an investigation of an episode, an industry, or an important theoretical question.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Turner Harvey
• Assisted by: Charles Harvey (Editor), Harvey Charles (Editor), John Turner (Editor), Turner John (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032849003
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284900-3
• No. of pages: 122
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General, Labour / income economics, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Political Economy, Politics and government, Sociology: work & labour, Social classes, Social and ethical issues, Management of specific areas, Economics of industrial organisation, Industry & industrial studies, Sociology: work and labour, Industry and industrial studies, Employment & Unemployment, Economics of industrial organization