Shop Floor Bargaining and the State: Historical. Tolliday<|

Shop Floor Bargaining and the StateHistorical and Comparative Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Steven Tolliday, Jonathan Zeitlin\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9780521136952, 978-0521136952\nSynopsis\nFirst published in 1985, this multi-author volume discusses the contentious issue of the relationship between shop floor bargaining and the state. Previous studies of this area tended to focus on macro-economic concerns and labour legislation, avoiding a more empirical approach that would draw out specific examples of the relationship. The seven essays in this text attempt to redress the balance through rigorous analysis of historically particular circumstances and events. In doing so, they show that the state is not always the defender of managerial centralisation and give examples of government intervention to the benefit of shop floor autonomy. This highly informative volume draws attention to the contr.