Labour Movements, Employers, and the State: Conflict and Co-Operation in Britain and Sweden

by James Fulcher

In this comparative study, Fulcher reassesses existing theories of industrial conflict class organization, and State intervention, taking the history of industrial relations in Britain and Sweden as a case study. Using Barrington Moore's notion of "supressed historical alternatives," the author explores the origins of the organization and institutional differences between the two countries, finding unexpected and overlooked parallels in their histories;...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198272898
• ISBN13: 9780198272892
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"