Track Record: The Story of the Caterpillar Occupation - Couverture souple

Foster; Woolfson

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0860919471 ISBN 13 : 9780860919476

Editeur : Verso, 1988

Synopsis

This book provides a unique inside view of the 103-day occupation against closure of Caterpillar's factory in Scotland starting in January 1987. The authors of Track Record were present during the occupation and documented the entire campaign in a 'fly-on-the-wall' fashion with the full permission and support of the Joint Occupation Committee.

Based on tape recordings made at the time and interviews with the major protagonists in this industrial drama, Track Record vividly recreates the atmosphere and tension, the conflicting emotions and hopes aroused by the occupation. The authors explain why this dispute had a massive impact on Scottish political life, helping to isolate Scottish Conservatives in the run-up to the 1987 election. Track Record also raises wider questions about the role of multinational companies and the scope for resistance to them.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Charles Woolfson is Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow. where he is Course Director of the Master's Degree in Industrial Relations. His previous work has included The Politics of the UCS Work-in (1986), which he co-authored with John Foster.

John Foster is Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences, University of Paisley/UWS. He is the author of Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution (1974), and of articles on the National Question, labour history and urban development.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Verso
• Date d'édition: 1988
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0860919471
• ISBN 13: 9780860919476
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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