LEADER 03257nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910829292903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-315-57009-2 010 $a1-317-17206-X 010 $a1-317-17205-1 010 $a1-282-05438-4 010 $a9786612054389 010 $a0-7546-9345-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000725231 035 $a(EBL)438632 035 $a(OCoLC)404717985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000290470 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11238625 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290470 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409870 035 $a(PQKB)10719499 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL438632 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276589 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL924660 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5293394 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL205438 035 $a(OCoLC)1027169510 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC438632 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5293394 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB158607 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000725231 100 $a20081020d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBritish conservatism and trade unionism, 1945-1964 /$fPeter Dorey 210 $aBurlington, VT $cAshgate Pub.$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (218 p.) 225 1 $aModern economic and social history 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7546-6659-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThis book examines the a brief period between the end of the Second World War and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour government in 1964, when the Conservative Party adopted a remarkably constructive and conciliatory approach to the trade unions, dubbed 'voluntarism'. During this time the party leadership made strenuous efforts to avoid, as far as was politically possible, confrontation with, or legislation against, the trade unions, even when this incurred the wrath of some Conservative backbenchers and the Party's mass membership. Making extensive use of primary and archival sources it ex 410 0$aModern economic and social history series. 606 $aConservatism$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLabor unions$xPolitical activity$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aLabor policy$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aGreat Britain$xPolitics and government$y1945-1964 615 0$aConservatism$xHistory 615 0$aLabor unions$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aLabor policy$xHistory 676 $a331.88094109045 700 $aDorey$b Peter$f1959-$0784224 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829292903321 996 $aBritish conservatism and trade unionism, 1945-1964$93945023 997 $aUNINA