Synopses & Reviews
This volume examines attempted changes to industrial relations in Britain during 1948-1990, designed to promote institutional reforms of management and trade unions. Specific focus is given to the Donovan Commission and other trade union reforms, and income policies to connect pay more tightly with productivity. International initiatives of the AACP, BPC, and EPA are also included.
About the Author
Mark W. Bufton is Research Fellow in the Centre for Medical History at Exeter University.
Table of Contents
List of Tables * List of Figures * Foreword * Acknowledgements * List of Abbreviations * Introduction * British Labour and Britain's Relative Economic Decline * British Labour and the Productivity Drive * Employers, Managers, and Britain's Relative Economic Decline * British Capital and the Productivity Drive * Britain's Relative Economic Decline and the British State * The Government and the Productivity Drive * Conclusion * Bibliography Index