Trade Unions and the British Industrial Relations Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781032422909 / Twarda / 2024 / 264 str.

Peter Ackers

Opis

This book aims to understand the politics and industrial relations of the post-war period in Britain (in which trade unions were central) through the life of a key public intellectual.

Recenzje

“Peter Ackers' biography of Hugh Clegg is an excellent account of how one significant intellectual moved from communism to social democracy. Clegg then became a key player in building the post-1945 system of industrial relations and fighting a rearguard action against its demolition by Margaret Thatcher. So, although he is currently much less well known, this biography made me think that Clegg should be considered alongside Keynes as a major intellectual influence on public life in the period.” Dr. Alastar J Reid, Cambridge University

"Hugh Clegg was the pre-eminent industrial relations scholar in the post-war era. His analysis of the system of industrial relations was path breaking, focussing on voluntarism and pluralism and influenced management pratice and government policy. Clegg was a skilled arbitrator, called in to resolve national disputes.  Peter Ackers's comprehensive study helps us understand Clegg's motives, and beliefs in collectivism, and the challenge of HRM." Professor John Purcell

Spis treści

1 Introduction: Why does Hugh Clegg still matter? Part One: Intellectual and Political Formation 2 A Methodist Family (1920-32) 3 A Communist in a Methodist School (1932-39) 4 Mass Observation then Oxford (1939-41) 5 War and Marriage (1941-45) Part Two: An Academic and Public Life 6 Losing Faith: Magdalen College (1945-47) 7 Industrial Democracy: Nuffield College (1947-54) 8 The ‘Oxford School’ of Industrial Relations (1954-64) 9 Reforming British Industrial Relations: The Donovan Commission (1964-68) 10 The ‘Warwick School’ of Industrial Relations (1968-79) 11 The Thatcher Turning Point? From Industrial Democracy to Trade Union History (1979-95) 12 Personal Epilogue: The legacy of Hugh Clegg

O autorze

Peter Ackers is an Emeritus Professor in the History of Industrial Relations at Loughborough University, UK.