Unions and employment in a market economy : strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain /: strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain. (2019)
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- Title:
- Unions and employment in a market economy : strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain /: strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Unions and employment in a market economy : strategy, influence and power in contemporary Britain
- Further Information:
- Note: Andrew Brady.
- Authors:
- Brady, Andrew
- Contents:
- List of Tables List of Boxes Preface Chapter 1: Trade Union Strategy, Influence and Power in Contemporary Britain: An Introduction Introduction Varieties of Capitalism Deconstruction and Reconstruction New Labour: Continuation of neoliberalism or breaking with the past? Labour Party: A Channel for Trade Union Political Action Trade Union Leadership, Strategy and Structure Conclusion Chapter 2: The Social Contract (1974-79) Introduction Donovan Commission and In Place of Strife The Industrial Relations Act (1971) The Social Contract in Formation The Social Contract in Operation The Winter of Discontent 1978/9 Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 3: Employment Relations Reform under New Labour: Context, Continuity and Change Introduction Conservative Liberal Market Reform Political Action: New Mechanisms Ideological Disunity, Space and Convergence: Opposition Years Progressive Centralisation Formal to Informal Processes 1993/7 Political Fund Ballots New Policy-Making Processes Agency and Diminishing Trust Chapter 4: The National Minimum Wage (1998) Introduction The Development of the NMW The Low Pay Commission Policy contestation and division Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 5: The Employment Relations Act (1999) Introduction Fairness at Work (May 1998) Employment Relations Bill ERA (1999) Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 6: The Warwick Agreement (2004) Introduction Exeter Policy Forum (2000) Leadership Dynamics The Big Four Institutional Reconfiguration: TULO TheList of Tables List of Boxes Preface Chapter 1: Trade Union Strategy, Influence and Power in Contemporary Britain: An Introduction Introduction Varieties of Capitalism Deconstruction and Reconstruction New Labour: Continuation of neoliberalism or breaking with the past? Labour Party: A Channel for Trade Union Political Action Trade Union Leadership, Strategy and Structure Conclusion Chapter 2: The Social Contract (1974-79) Introduction Donovan Commission and In Place of Strife The Industrial Relations Act (1971) The Social Contract in Formation The Social Contract in Operation The Winter of Discontent 1978/9 Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 3: Employment Relations Reform under New Labour: Context, Continuity and Change Introduction Conservative Liberal Market Reform Political Action: New Mechanisms Ideological Disunity, Space and Convergence: Opposition Years Progressive Centralisation Formal to Informal Processes 1993/7 Political Fund Ballots New Policy-Making Processes Agency and Diminishing Trust Chapter 4: The National Minimum Wage (1998) Introduction The Development of the NMW The Low Pay Commission Policy contestation and division Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 5: The Employment Relations Act (1999) Introduction Fairness at Work (May 1998) Employment Relations Bill ERA (1999) Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 6: The Warwick Agreement (2004) Introduction Exeter Policy Forum (2000) Leadership Dynamics The Big Four Institutional Reconfiguration: TULO The Agreement Implementation Evaluation and Reflections Chapter 7: Strategy, Influence and Power: lessons from history Introduction Structural Context: shifting fronts Degree of Coordination Transition to Informality Concluding Observations Chapter 8: Conclusion Leadership and Strategic Choice Political Action and Electoral Reform New Structural Pressures Appendix A: List of Interviews as Introduced Appendix B: Key provisions of the Employment Act 2002 Appendix C: Key Warwick Agreement pledges Glossary Index … (more)
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 322.20941
Labor unions -- Political activity -- Great Britain
Labor laws and legislation -- Great Britain - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781351035446
9781351035453
9781351035439
9781351035460 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781138489875
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