Facing Up to Thatcherism : The History of NALGO 1979-93 Hardback
by Michael (Professor of Industrial Relations, Professor of Industrial Relations, Keele Unive Ironside, Roger (Lecturer in Industrial Relations, Lecturer in Industrial Relations, Keele University Seifert
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Throughout the 1980s Mrs Thatcher dominated political life in the UK and Thatcherism became the shorthand for a series of political initiatives all over the world.
Most accounts of these years have concentrated on the economics of free markets and privatization.
This book takes a different stance through a detailed analysis of the responses of NALGO (The National and Local Government Officers Association) members, activists, leaders, and officials to the government's public sector reform and restructuring programme. Employees in health, local government, and education faced cuts in funding, compulsory competitive tendering, internal markets, and new management practices associated with HRM and TQM.
Others in the gas, water, electricity, and transport industries faced wholesale privatization. This unique account of the period written from the evidence and perspective of those involved will be an important source for researchers, teachers, and practitioners in politics, industrial relations, public administration, and management concerned with the events and lessons of the 1980s.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:468 pages, 3 black and white plate sections, 28 tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/01/2001
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- ISBN:9780199240753
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In Stock - low on stock, only 1 copy remainingFree UK DeliveryEstimated delivery 2-3 working days
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:468 pages, 3 black and white plate sections, 28 tables
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:04/01/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780199240753