Capitalism, the State and Industrial Relations

Capitalism, the State and Industrial Relations (1982) examines the many different forms of state intervention in industrial relations in Britain, among them being corporatism, liberalism, paternalism and pluralism. This discussion puts forward a sociological explanation of some of the determinants of state intervention.

1. The State as a Theoretical and Historical Problem 2. The State and the Development of Trade Union Law 3. State Intervention and the Political Economy of British Capitalism 4. Class Conflict and the Economic and Political Crises of British Capitalism 5. Fractions of Capital and the Role of the State in Industrial Relations 6. Corporatism, Social Democracy and Organised Labour 7. The State, Political Conflict and the Role of the Law in Industrial Relations Policy, 1957-1968 8. The State and Industrial Relations Legislation, 1969-1979: From the Industrial Relations Act to Industrial Democracy 9. The Restructuring of the Institutions of the State, 1965-1979 10. Capitalism, the State and Industrial Relations: Conclusion