Trade unions in British politics : the first 250 years

Abstract

Part 1 Historical perspectives: early trade unionism - radicalism and respectability, John Stevenson trade unions and the development of independent labour politics 1889-1906, John Lovell trade unions, politicians and public opinion 1906-1914, David Rubinstein trade unions and politics in World War I, Chris Wrigley the Depression years 1918-1931, Patrick Renshaw trade unions and the slump, Richard Shackleton a new relationship - trade unions in World War II, Denis Barnes and Eileen Reid the vagaries of participation 1945-1960, Ken Coates. Part 2 Consolidation and crisis: the trade union problem in the age of consensus 1960-1979, Robert Taylor trade unions and the second coming of CND, Ben Pimlott the decline of working-class politics - a reappraisal, Barry Hindess the influence of the trade unions on the ethos of the Labour Party, H.M.Drucker trade unions and the media, Jean Seaton the changed political role of unions under a hostile government, William Brown British unions and Europe, Denis Maschane unions and labour in the 1980s and 1990s, Philip Bassett.

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