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dc.contributor.authorLavelle, Ashley
dc.contributor.editorGreg Patmore
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T12:23:27Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T12:23:27Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.modified2010-11-25T05:40:49Z
dc.identifier.issn00236942
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/33646
dc.description.abstractThe ties between social democratic parties and trade unions in recent years have been stretched almost to breaking point. Drawing on evidence from the experience of Australia and Britain, this article argues that a turning point in the deterioration of the relationship was the collapse of the post-war economic boom. This event was important because it ruptured the economic foundations of the policy base of social democracy and led to the adoption by social democratic parties of a pro-business neo-liberal policy framework aimed at restoring rates of investment and profitability. In turn, this new policy emphasis necessarily threatened the interests of organised labour. The current tension in relations is therefore not merely a reflection of the pressures associated with social democrats being in government. Rather, it is rooted in the gradual decline of the health of capitalism since the 1970s - a trend unlikely to be reversed in the near future.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian Society for the Study of Labour History
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.historycooperative.org/labindex.html
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom55
dc.relation.ispartofpageto75
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalLabour History
dc.relation.ispartofvolume98
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical Science not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Labour History
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBusiness and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistorical Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHistory and Philosophy of Specific Fields
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode160699
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode220201
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1503
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2103
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode2202
dc.titleThe Ties that Unwind? Social Democratic Parties and Unions in Australia and Britain
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2010 Australian Society for the Study of Labour History. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2010
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorLavelle, Ashley D.


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