{"product_id":"social-democracy-and-industrial-militiancy-the-labour-party-the-trade-unions-and-incomes-policy-1945-1947-paperback-9780521125109","title":"Social Democracy and Industrial Militiancy; The Labour Party, the Trade Unions and Incomes Policy, 1945–1947 (Paperback) 9780521125109","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocial Democracy and Industrial Militiancy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Labour Party, the Trade Unions and Incomes Policy, 1945–1947\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA study of the 'new social contract' between the Government and the unions during the 1970s.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeo Panitch (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521125109, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 10 December 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e332 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.49 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 attempt to establish a 'new social contract' between the Government and the unions, with a view to stabilising the economy and restraining industrial militancy, emerged as a burning issues of contemporary British politics during the 1970s. This study uncovers the roots of this development in the incomes policies of successive post-war Governments, especially of the 1964–70 Labour Government, and traces the way in which wage restraint was secured from the unions, or imposed upon them, in the context of the attempted registration of the unions within the existing economic and political order. Professor Panitch concentrates on the crucial role of the Labour Party and shows how Labour's incomes policies, and industrial relations generally, have derived less from a concern with socialist economic planning than from the Party's 'integrative' ideology, its rejection of the concept of class struggle in favour of affecting a compromise between the different classes in British society.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The 1945 Labour Government: the mixed economy and wage restraint\u003cbr\u003e 2. Incomes policy and Labour in opposition\u003cbr\u003e 3. The voluntary incomes policy agreement\u003cbr\u003e 4. The devaluation of voluntarism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The politics of wage freeze\u003cbr\u003e 6. The statutory incomes policy - Labour Government versus labour movement\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'In place of strife'\u003cbr\u003e 8. Industrial militancy and political stagnation\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\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":46006556852504,"sku":"9780521125109","price":30.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521125109i_a1dcefe1-74ea-4638-8a55-6d790ff4290e.jpg?v=1691371833","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/social-democracy-and-industrial-militiancy-the-labour-party-the-trade-unions-and-incomes-policy-1945-1947-paperback-9780521125109","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}