Trade unions and politics : a comparative introduction

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Trade unions and politics : a comparative introduction

Andrew J. Taylor

Macmillan, 1989

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p.199-222) and index

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Description

The economic and political upheavals of the 1970s led to interest in trade unions as political actors. Drawing on a comparison of the political role of Labour in the United States, Britain, Germany, Sweden and Japan, Andrew Taylor provides an introduction to, and a contribution to our understanding of, the politics of trade unions.

Table of Contents

  • Historical background and political development
  • structure, politics and ideology
  • trade unions and political parties
  • the decline of working class politics?
  • union-government relations
  • the politics of collective bargaining
  • unions, politics and the new working class
  • conclusions - unions, politics and the future.

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