British politics and trade unions in the 1980s : governing against pressure

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British politics and trade unions in the 1980s : governing against pressure

Jens Peter Frølund Thomsen

Dartmouth, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-278) and index

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Description

This study gives an overview of British politics during the Thatcher years. It considers the extent to which the Conservative government of this period succeeded in eliminating union influence on central, state policy.

Table of Contents

  • Pluralism, corporatism and networks
  • statist approaches: a defence of bottom line politicism
  • state actor autonomy
  • government-union relations before 1979
  • the monetarist blitz
  • transforming the industrial relations system
  • transforming the employment and youth training policy arena
  • conclusions
  • political leadership - the power to stay in power.

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