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  • © 1992

The New Politics of British Trade Unionism

Union Power and the Thatcher Legacy

Authors:

  1. David Marsh

    1. Department of Politics, University of Strathclyde, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. The Historical Background

    • David Marsh
    Pages 1-22

  3. Union Power before 1979

    • David Marsh
    Pages 23-53

  7. Trade Unions and the Labour Party

    • David Marsh
    Pages 139-163

  8. The Changing Economic Context

    • David Marsh
    Pages 164-190

  11. Thatcherism and Industrial Relations

    • David Marsh
    Pages 238-249

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 250-268
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About this book

The curbing of trade union power is often seen as one of the major achievements of Margaret Thatcher's premiership. David Marsh's book provides a broad-ranging introduction to British trade unionism in the 1990s and an assessment of the last decade's major changes in legislation, policing and attitudes. He concludes that while the political role of unions has been reduced, much less has changed at shopfloor level; moveover what has changed has owed more to economic recession than government action.
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  • Department of Politics, University of Strathclyde, UK

    David Marsh

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