Labour Movements, Employers, and the State: Conflict and Co-operation in Britain and Sweden

by James Fulcher

Overview

In this comparative study, Fulcher reassesses existing theories of industrial conflict class organization, and State intervention, taking the history of industrial relations in Britain and Sweden as a case study. Using Barrington Moore's notion of "supressed historical alternatives," the author explores the origins of the organization and institutional differences between the two countries, finding unexpected and overlooked parallels in their histories; he analyses the attempts to establish corporatism in both countries, their eventual failure in Sweden as well as in Britain, and the ensuing struggle between alternatives offered by the left and the right.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198272892
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	11/28/1991
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	5.69(w) x 8.81(h) x 1.14(d)

About the Author

University of Leicester

Editorial Reviews

"Even readers fully initiated in the British literature stand to learn a great deal more about industrial relations in Britain, and especially about the role of employers and the state, by looking through Fulcher's sharp comparative lens."—Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"His fascinating use of a new historiographical type of analysis reveals a great deal of new comparative history about each country."—CHOICE

"Well written. I would recommend it to scholars interested in the recent economic and political histories of Britain and Sweden."—American Historical Review

"Fulcher has written an important book which has something fresh and useful, if rather complex, to say to the conflicting and cooperating individuals who operate the industrial relations of modern societies and stand in need of its insights."—Journal of Interdisciplinary History

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