Peter (Hrsg.) Ackers

Alternatives to State-Socialism in Twentieth Century Britain

Other Worlds of Labour

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This book poses a major revisionist challenge to 20th century British labour history, aiming to look beyond the Marxist and Fabian exclusion of working class experience, notably religion and self-help, in order to exaggerate 'labour movement' class cohesion. Instead of a 'forward march' to secular state-socialism, the research presented here is devoted to a rich diversity of social movements and ideas. In this collection of essays, the editors establish the liberal-pluralist tradition, with the following chapters covering three distinct sections. Part One, 'Other Forms of Association' covers subjects such as trade unions, the Co-operative Par… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Reid, Alaister (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-3-319-34161-3
EAN: 9783319341613
Produktnummer: 19812161
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 354 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B15.3 cm x D2.5 cm 593 g
Abbildungen: Book; Bibliographie
Gewicht: 593

Über den Autor

Peter Ackers is Professor of Employment Relations at De Montfort University, UK, and Visiting Professor of Labour and Social History at Loughborough University, UK. He co-edited Findings a Voice at Work? (2015), and publishes on Hugh Clegg and the 'Oxford School' of Industrial Relations, trade unions, working-class Protestantism and labour biography. Alastair J. Reid is a Life Fellow of Girton College, Cambridge, UK. He was a co-founder of the History & Policy dissemination network. His publications include United We Stand: A History of British Trade Unions (2005) and The Tide of Democracy: Shipyard Workers and Social Relations in Britain, 1870-1950 (2010).