{"product_id":"masters-unions-and-men-work-control-in-building-and-the-rise-of-labour-1830-1914-paperback-9780521078719","title":"Masters, Unions and Men; Work Control in Building and the Rise of Labour 1830–1914 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780521078719","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMasters, Unions and Men\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWork Control in Building and the Rise of Labour 1830–1914\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe incidence of industrial conflict and the nature of workplace industrial relations have occupied a central place in public and academic commentary on British society.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard Price (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521078719, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 September 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe incidence of industrial conflict and the nature of workplace industrial relations have occupied a central place in public and academic commentary on British society. Debate about the role of the trade unions in the state, the degree of authority that the unions can and should exercise over their members, the desirability of a legal framework for collective agreements, the nature of rank and file militancy and the means and techniques of re-establishing employers' authority over the work in the face of an expanded workers' frontier of control all lie at the heart of the social crisis that marked British society from the end of the 1960s.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Freedom, authority and control: the imperatives of general contracting\u003cbr\u003e 2. The dynamic of automonous regulation\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'No hours: no arbitration.' The crisis of the late sixties and the formalisation of industrial relations\u003cbr\u003e 4. From custom to economism: the redefinition of industrial relations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Conflict and control: the creation of an industrial relations system\u003cbr\u003e 6. The growth of union power\u003cbr\u003e 7. Anatomy of crisis: the rank and file and the system.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913294242072,"sku":"9780521078719","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521078719i.jpg?v=1694969261","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/masters-unions-and-men-work-control-in-building-and-the-rise-of-labour-1830-1914-paperback-9780521078719","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}