03257nam 2200721Ia 450 991082929290332120200520144314.01-315-57009-21-317-17206-X1-317-17205-11-282-05438-497866120543890-7546-9345-7(CKB)1000000000725231(EBL)438632(OCoLC)404717985(SSID)ssj0000290470(PQKBManifestationID)11238625(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290470(PQKBWorkID)10409870(PQKB)10719499(Au-PeEL)EBL438632(CaPaEBR)ebr10276589(CaONFJC)MIL924660(Au-PeEL)EBL5293394(CaONFJC)MIL205438(OCoLC)1027169510(MiAaPQ)EBC438632(MiAaPQ)EBC5293394(FINmELB)ELB158607(EXLCZ)99100000000072523120081020d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBritish conservatism and trade unionism, 1945-1964 /Peter DoreyBurlington, VT Ashgate Pub.20091 online resource (218 p.)Modern economic and social historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-7546-6659-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Tables; General Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Conservatism and Trade Unionism prior to 1945; 2 Preparing a Voluntarist Approach, 1945-1951; 3 Voluntarism in Practice, 1951-1960; 4 In Defence of Free Collective Bargaining, 1951-1960; 5 Voluntarism under Strain, 1960-1964; 6 Towards Incomes Policies, 1960-1964; Conclusion; Bibliography; IndexThis book examines the a brief period between the end of the Second World War and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour government in 1964, when the Conservative Party adopted a remarkably constructive and conciliatory approach to the trade unions, dubbed 'voluntarism'. During this time the party leadership made strenuous efforts to avoid, as far as was politically possible, confrontation with, or legislation against, the trade unions, even when this incurred the wrath of some Conservative backbenchers and the Party's mass membership. Making extensive use of primary and archival sources it exModern economic and social history series.ConservatismGreat BritainHistory20th centuryLabor unionsPolitical activityGreat BritainHistory20th centuryLabor policyGreat BritainHistory20th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1945-1964ConservatismHistoryLabor unionsPolitical activityHistoryLabor policyHistory331.88094109045Dorey Peter1959-784224MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910829292903321British conservatism and trade unionism, 1945-19643945023UNINA