Shop Floor Bargaining and the State Historical and Comparative Perspectives [Paperback]

First published in 1985, this multi-author volume discusses the contentious issue of the relationship between shop floor bargaining and the state.First published in 1985, this multi-author volume discusses the contentious issue of the relationship between shop floor bargaining and the state. The seven essays in this text offer rigorous analysis of historically particular circumstances and events, and show that the state is not always the defender of managerial centralisation.First published in 1985, this multi-author volume discusses the contentious issue of the relationship between shop floor bargaining and the state. The seven essays in this text offer rigorous analysis of historically particular circumstances and events, and show that the state is not always the defender of managerial centralisation.First published in 1985, this multi-author volume discusses the contentious issue of the relationship between shop floor bargaining and the state. Previous studies of this area tended to focus on macro-economic concerns and labour legislation, avoiding a more empirical approach that would draw out specific examples of the relationship. The seven essays in this text attempt to redress the balance through rigorous analysis of historically particular circumstances and events. In doing so, they show that the state is not always the defender of managerial centralisation and give examples of government intervention to the benefit of shop floor autonomy. This highly informative volume draws attention to the contradictory and ambiguous nature of industrial relations, and will be of value to anyone with an interest in politics and economics.Acknowledgments; 1. Shop floor bargaining and the state: a contradictory relationship Jonathan Zeitlin; 2. Dilution, trade unionism and the state in Britain during the First World War Alastair Reid; 3. Public policy and port labour reform: the dock decasualisation issue, 191050 Noel Whiteside; 4. Government, employers and shop floor organil38