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After an examination of the essential purposes of unions in Part One, G.D.H. Cole's syndicalist case for trade-union involvement in the joint management of industry is opposed in Part Two by Hugh Clegg's view that a trade union's role should be that of an independent opposition that does not seek to govern. Part Three is devoted to trade-union structure, while Part Four is concerned with the sensitivity of union leadership to the hopes and motives of its members. In Parts Five and Six, the factors affecting union growth and the economic effects of the unions are considered. Finally, Part Seven deals with the contemporary controversy in Britain over the legal status of trade unions.
Lord McCarthy is a fellow of Nuffield College. He has served as a Senior Advisor at the Department of Employment and was Research Director of the Donovan Commission.
ISBN:0140806253
