End of the Line?: The Fate of British Rail Under Thatcher - Couverture souple

Bagwell, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0860917770 ISBN 13 : 9780860917779

Editeur : Verso Books, 1984

Synopsis

Margaret Thatcher has not travelled by train since becoming Prime Minister. She makes no secret of her hostility to publicly owned transport. The railways are the prime target in a campaign of privatization. Whole areas of the country already lack any access to passenger trains.

Philip Bagwell here presents a cool demolition of Thatcher's case against public transport. By first establishing on clear economic and environmental grounds that a state system is more efficient and equitable, he goes on to outline the consequences of privatization and compares British Rail's Corporate Plan with the alternative strategy sponsored by the rail unions.

The history of struggles for decent wages and improved conditions is described, and the effects of the divisions among the unions assessed. Issues such as flexible rostering, which has been the subject of intense debate, are explained against the background of a fall in rail-workers' standards of living.

The Serpell Report, the blueprint for the first phase of Thatcher's campaign, is criticised in the light of its failure to meet basic transport needs, and detailed comparisons with Continental railway systems show how BR has been handicapped by successive governments.

This will be an essential book for all users and workers concerned with the future of railways in Britain.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

PHILIP BAGWELL was Professor Emeritus in History at the Polytechnic of Central London and a recognised authority on transport history and the history of industrial relations. He was a consultant on these subjects for BBC schools television. His principal published writings include The Railway-men: a history of the NUR (two vols. 1963 and 1982); The Railway Clearing House in the British Economy 1842-1922 (1970); The Transport Revolution from 1770 (1974); Indus-trial Relations (1974) and (with G.E. Mingay) Britain and America: a study of economic change 1850-1939.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso Books
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0860917770
• ISBN 13: 9780860917779
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 220
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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