British Conservatism and Trade Unionism, 1945-1964

by Peter Dorey

Book Overview

This book examines the a brief period between the end of the Second World War and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour government in 1964, when the Conservative Party adopted a remarkably constructive and conciliatory approach to the trade unions, dubbed 'voluntarism'. During this time the party leadership made strenuous efforts to avoid, as far as was politically possible, confrontation with, or legislation against, the trade unions, even when...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138262056
• ISBN13: 9781138262058
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"