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985704
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b740074
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Howell, Chris,1962-
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Trade unions and the state : : the construction of industrial relations institutions in Britain, 1890-2000 /\ Chris Howell.
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| Publication Statement
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Princeton, N.J. :: Princeton University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (xi, 243 pages)
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| ISBN
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0691121060
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: 069113040X
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: 1400826616
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: 9780691121062
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: 9780691130408
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: 9781400826612
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0691121060
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-235) and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction: The Puzzle of British Industrial Relations; CHAPTER TWO: Constructing Industrial Relations Institutions; CHAPTER THREE: The Construction of the Collective Laissez-Faire System, 1890-1940; CHAPTER FOUR: Donovan, Dissension, and the Decentralization of Industrial Relations, 1940-1979; CHAPTER FIVE: The Decollectivization of Industrial Relations, 1979-1997; CHAPTER SIX: The Third Way and Beyond: The Future of British Industrial Relations; Notes; References; Index.
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The collapse of Britain's powerful labor movement in the last quarter century has been one of the most significant and astonishing stories in recent political history. How were the governments of Margaret Thatcher and her successors able to tame the unions? In analyzing how an entirely new industrial relations system was constructed after 1979, Howell offers a revisionist history of British trade unionism in the twentieth century. Most scholars regard Britain's industrial relations institutions as the product of a largely laissez faire system of labor relations, punctuated by occasional govern.
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Industrial relations-- Government policy-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Labor movement-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Labor unions-- Government policy-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
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Mouvement ouvrier-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Relations industrielles-- Politique gouvernementale-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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Syndicats-- Politique gouvernementale-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Industrial relations-- Government policy.
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Labor movement.
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Labor unions-- Government policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Industriële organisatie.
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Vakverenigingen.
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Great Britain.
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| Dewey Classification
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331/.0941/0904
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| LC Classification
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HD6664.H69 2005eb
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15.70bcl
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15.70.bcl
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