Date: 2005
Type: Thesis
Driven towards internationalisation : British trade union politics at Ford and Vauxhall, 1960-2001
Florence : European University Institute, 2005, EUI, HEC, PhD Thesis
FETZER, Thomas, Driven towards internationalisation : British trade union politics at Ford and Vauxhall, 1960-2001, Florence : European University Institute, 2005, EUI, HEC, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/5779
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The call to look beyond national borders in writing history has come into fashion. Labels which designate this trend proliferate, and already there are debates about delimitations between different “schools”: “international”, “transnational”, “global” and “world” history compete for conceptual hegemony, and they do not exhaust the terminological variety offered. This trend equally applies to labour and trade union history. Van der Linden has criticised the “methodological nationalism” o f past research agendas within the discipline, and has advocated a shift towards what at times he calls “transnational”, at times “global” labour history. A t first sight, these claims may seem surprising: The labour movement has a very long tradition o f international organisation, and debates about “internationalism” have been present since the mid 19th century; indeed, this particular history has had a considerable impact upon the evolution of the term “international” itself. Numerous studies have been carried out on the international organisations the labour movement has created since then.
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Defence date: 21 October 2005; Examining Board: Prof. Colin Crouch, University of Warwick ; Prof. Hartmut Kaelble, Humboldt-Universität Berlin ; Prof. Bo Stråth, European University Institute (Supervisor) ; Prof. Steven Tolliday, University of Leeds; First made available online 13 December 2018
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/5779
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/794591
Series/Number: EUI; HEC; PhD Thesis
Publisher: European University Institute
LC Subject Heading: Labor unions -- Great Britain -- 20th century; Labor market -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Ford Foundation; Vauxhall Motors Limited