Who Governs Britain?: Trade Unions, the Conservative Party and the Failure of the Industrial Relations ACT 1971

by Sam Warner

Providing fresh insights from the archival record, Who governs Britain? revisits the 1970-74 Conservative government to explain why the Party tried - and failed - to reform the system of industrial relations. Designed to tackle Britain's strike problem and perceived disorder in collective bargaining, the Industrial Relations Act 1971 established a formal legal framework to counteract trade union power. As the state attempted to disengage from and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526166011
• ISBN13: 9781526166012
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"