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PublisherManchester University Press

ISBN-10152613828X

ISBN-139781526138286

eBay Product ID (ePID)5038610927

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Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameComrades in Conflict : Labour, the Trade Unions and 1969's in Place of Strife

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2019

SubjectLabor & Industrial Relations, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, World / European, Comparative Politics, Europe / Great Britain / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorPeter Dorey

Subject AreaPolitical Science, History

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight18.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2018-276709

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Dorey's detailed yet highly engaged text will become a reference point and benchmark for rethinking the decline of the post-war social-democratic consensus and the nuances of industrial-relations politics. It is well written and a significant insight into the Labour Party and trade union movement of the time. It also reveals the importance of locating the specifics of political discussions and choices in the realm of political relations and historical contexts.'Labour History Review, 'Dorey's detailed yet highly engaged text will become a reference point and benchmark for rethinking the decline of the post-war social-democratic consensus and the nuances of industrial-relations politics. It is well written and a significant insight into the Labour Party and trade union movement of the time. It also reveals the importance of locating the specifics of political discussions and choices in the realm of political relations and historical contexts.' Labour History Review

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal331.88094109046

Table Of ContentList of tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations Introduction 1 Emergence and Identification of the Problem 2 The Donovan Commission and its Report 3 The Initial Political response 4 Cabinet Demurrals and Diminishing Ministerial Support 5 Increasing Antipathy in the Parliamentary Labour Party 6 The Trade Unions' Implacable Hostility 7 A 'Solemn and Binding' Agreement Conclusion Bibliography Index

SynopsisOn the 50th anniversary of In Place of Strife, this scholarly study makes extensive use of previously unpublished archival and other primary sources to explain why Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle embarked on legislation to regulate the trade unions and curb strikes, and why this aroused such strong opposition, not just from the unions, but within the Cabinet and among backbench Labour MPs. This opposition transcended the orthodox ideological divisions, making temporary allies of traditional adversaries in the Party. Even Wilson's threats either to resign, or call a general election, if his MPs and Ministers failed to support him and Castle, were treated with derision. His colleagues called Wilson's bluff, and forced him to abandon the legislation, in return for a 'solemn and binding' pledge by the trade unions to 'put their own house in order' in tackling strikes., On the 50th anniversary of In Place of Strife , this scholarly study makes extensive use of previously unpublished archival and other primary sources to explain why Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle embarked on legislation to regulate the trade unions and curb strikes, and why this aroused such strong opposition, not just from the unions, but within the Cabinet and among backbench Labour MPs. This opposition transcended the orthodox ideological divisions, making temporary allies of traditional adversaries in the Party. Even Wilson's threats either to resign, or call a general election, if his MPs and Ministers failed to support him and Castle, were treated with derision. His colleagues called Wilson's bluff, and forced him to abandon the legislation, in return for a 'solemn and binding' pledge by the trade unions to 'put their own house in order' in tackling strikes., This is the first in-depth academic study of the Labour Government's 1969 attempt to introduce industrial relations to curb strikes by trade unions. Using archival sources, this book explains how this attempt provoked strong opposition in the Party, and from the unions, to the extent that it was abandoned in a humiliating climb-down., On the 50th anniversary of In Place of Strife, this scholarly study makes extensive use of previously unpublished archival and other primary sources to explain why Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle embarked on legislation to regulate the trade unions and curb strikes, and why this aroused such strong opposition, not just from the unions, but within the Cabinet and among backbench Labour MPs. This opposition transcended the orthodox ideological divisions, making temporary allies of traditional adversaries in the Party. Even Wilson's threats either to resign, or call a general election, if his MPs and Ministers failed to support him and Castle, were treated with derision. His colleagues called Wilson's bluff, and forced him to abandon the legislation, in return for a 'solemn and binding' pledge by the trade unions to 'put their own house in order' in tackling strikes. -- .

LC Classification NumberHD6664