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Trade Unions and the British Electorate
Paul Webb
出版
Dartmouth
, 1992
主題
Business & Economics / Labor / General
Business & Economics / Labor / Unions
History / Europe / Great Britain / General
Philosophy / Political
Political Science / General
Political Science / Labor & Industrial Relations
ISBN
185521217X
9781855212176
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mEvtAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
While there have been many studies of the political role played by trade unions in Britain, few have considered their electoral influence in detail. Paul Webb rectifies this and in particular, highlights the breakdown in the electoral linkages between the Labour Party and the unions that has occurred since the 1960s. Rival explanations for this are considered in the course of a rigorous, but accessible, analysis of the political attitudes and partisanship of trade unionists. After examining all the evidence the author dismisses the view that organisational links between Labour and the unions have been significantly eroded. He illustrates how the interplay of social change and volatile party-union relations accounts for the loss of support among manual trade unionists, while emphasising the potential that unions have for affecting the outcome of elections.
