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The Growth of the Post-entry Closed Shop since the mid-1960s: Explanations

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To test the two theories of closed-shop growth we divided the British economy into three: nationalized industries, local authorities and private-sector manufacturing.

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  1. See W. E. J. McCarthy, The Closed Shop in Britain, Blackwell, Oxford, 1964, p. 167

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  2. The Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations, Minutes of Evidence 11, The Gas Council, HMSO, London, 1965, para. 1803.

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  3. For a detailed discussion on railway pay problems, see P. Bagwell, The Railwaymen, vol. 2, Allen & Unwin, London, 1982, ch. 5.

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  4. See C. McCleod, All Change: Railway Industrial Relations in the Sixties, Gower Press, Aldershot 1970.

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  5. R. Pryke, The Nationalised Industries, Martin Robertson, Oxford 1980, p. 35.

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  6. The Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations, Minutes of Evidence 17, The National Union of Railwaymen, HMSO, London, 1966, para. 2606.

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  8. The Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers’ Associations, Minutes of Evidence 5, London Transport Board, HMSO, London 1966, para. 910.

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  9. R. Undy, V. Ellis, W. E. J. McCarthy and A. M. Halmos, Change in Trade Unions, Hutchinson, London, 1981.

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  10. E. Batstone, I. Boraston and S. Frenkel, Shop Stewards in Action, Blackwell, Oxford, 1977.

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  11. William Brown (ed.), The Changing Contours of British Industrial Relations, Blackwell, Oxford, 1981, ch. 7, p. 118.

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  12. See, for example, J. Goodman, E. Armstrong, J. Davis and A. Wagner, Rule Making and Industrial Peace: Industrial Relations in the Footwear Industry, Croom Helm, London, 1977.

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Dunn, S., Gennard, J. (1984). The Growth of the Post-entry Closed Shop since the mid-1960s: Explanations. In: The Closed Shop in British Industry. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-17532-1_5

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