The Dynamics of Working-Class Politics: The Labour Movement in Preston, 1880-1940

by Mike Savage

Book Overview

In an important contribution to a perennial debate, Dr Savage argues that over-concentration on national labour movements has ignored the variety of local political strategies developed by working-class movements; these variations show that working-class politics develops on the basis of different types of solidarity rooted in various forms of local social structure. Such mutations are not a recent development, testifying to the decline of class politics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521125154
• ISBN13: 9780521125154
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"