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This collection of essays attempts to demonstrate how an adequate analysis of trade unions, strikes and collective bargaining must be rooted in a broader understanding of their political and economic context. The second part of the book deals with the central problems of trade unionism. Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Why Industrial Relations?....Pages 3-19 Trade Unions, Control and Resistance....Pages 20-53 Pluralism, Procedural Consensus and Collective Bargaining....Pages 54-95 Pressure, Protest and Struggle: Some Problems in the Concept and Theory of Industrial Conflict....Pages 96-119 Theory in Industrial Relations: Towards a Materialist Analysis....Pages 120-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 The Politics of Workplace Trade Unionism: Recent Tendencies and Some Problems for Theory....Pages 149-165 The Sickness of British Trade Unionism: Is There a Cure?....Pages 166-187 Dualism and Division in Labour Strategies....Pages 188-201 Trade Unionism and the State: Some Recent European Developments....Pages 202-223 Class Struggle and the Trade Union Movement....Pages 224-253 Back Matter....Pages 255-259 Richard Hyman. Includes Bibliographies And Index.