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The aim of this chapter1 is above all to stimulate discussion: firstly about the nature and significance of the changes which have occurred in British trade unionism (particularly at shop-floor level) since the 1960s; secondly about the implications of these changes for the analyses of union democracy and union leadership which are popular on the left.2 Much of the argument is tentative or exploratory; constructive criticism will be very welcome.
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Hyman, R. (1989). The Politics of Workplace Trade Unionism: Recent Tendencies and Some Problems for Theory. In: The Political Economy of Industrial Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19665-4_6
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