Understanding the labour–environmental relationship in Britain, 1967–2011: a new narrative using political opportunity structure and coalition theory.

Orthodox depictions of a fraught labour–environmental relationship privileging class, ideological and programmatic differences are problematised by newly quantified evidence of British unions' pro-environmental policy-making since 1967. The following narrative blends widely accepted accounts of the...

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Publicado en:Labor History Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 427 - 448
Autor principal: Farnhill, Tom
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Oct2014
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