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Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World

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Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World

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British Trade Unions under New Labour

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Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World book

British Trade Unions under New Labour
Edited ByGary Daniels, John McIlroy
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2008
eBook Published 18 November 2008
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203887738
Pages 400
eBook ISBN 9780203887738
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Politics & International Relations
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Daniels, G., & McIlroy, J. (Eds.). (2008). Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World: British Trade Unions under New Labour (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203887738

ABSTRACT

Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World is the first book to provide readers with an authoritative and comprehensive assessment of the impact of New Labour governments on employment relations and trade unions. This innovative text locates changes in industrial politics since the 1990s in the development of globalization and the worldwide emergence of neoliberalism.  The advent of Tony Blair’s government in 1997 promised a new dawn for employment relations. In this rigorous but readable volume, a team of experienced and respected contributors explain in detail how the story has unfolded.

This book looks at all aspects of New Labour’s policies in relation to employment relations and trade unionism. The first half of Trade Unions in a Neoliberal World presents an overview of industrial politics, the evolution of New Labour and an anatomy of contemporary trade unionism. It discusses relations between the Labour Party and the unions and the response of trade unionists to political and economic change. The second part contains chapters on legislation, partnership, organizing, training, strikes and perspectives on Europe. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |18 pages

Introduction: Trade unions in a neoliberal world

ByJOHN MILROY AND GARY DANIELS

part |2 pages

Part I Trade unions under New Labour

chapter 1|42 pages

A brief history of British trade unions and neoliberalism: From the earliest days to the birth of New Labour

ByNew Labour JOHN MILROY

chapter 2|35 pages

A brief history of British trade unions and neoliberalism in the age of New Labour

ByJOHN MILROY

chapter 3|29 pages

An anatomy of British trade unionism since 1997: Strategies for revitalization

ByJOHN MILROY AND GARY DANIELS

chapter 4|38 pages

An anatomy of British trade unionism since 1997: Organization, structure and factionalism

ByJOHN MILROY AND GARY DANIELS

chapter 5|38 pages

Under stress but still enduring: The contentious alliance in the age of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

ByJOHN MILROY

part |2 pages

Part II Issues

chapter 6|25 pages

Employment legislation: New Labour’s neoliberal legal project to subordinate trade unions

ByPAUL SMITH, GARY MORTON

chapter 7|24 pages

Partnership: New Labour’s Third Way?

ByMARTIN UPCHURCH

chapter 8|29 pages

In the field: A decade of organizing

ByGARY DANIELS

chapter 9|33 pages

Skills and training: A strategic role for trade unions or the limits of neoliberalism?

ByJOHN MILROY AND RICHARD CROUCHER

chapter 10|26 pages

Strikes: Industrial conflict under New Labour

ByDAVE LYDDON

chapter 11|26 pages

Europe: The double-edged sword of justice? New Labour, trade unions and the politics of Social Europe

ByGRAHAM TAYLOR
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