The politics of trade unionism: Evidence, policy and theory
- 1 July 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Capital & Class
- Vol. 14 (2) , 15-56
- https://doi.org/10.1177/030981689004100102
Abstract
Examining the policies and practices of trade unions during the 1980s, the authors investigate the tension between bureaucratic and collective participative relations within and between unions: finding that bureaucratic forms, involving accommodation with government policies, have predominated.Keywords
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