The trade unions and Fabian socialism.
The close link of the contemporary Fabian Society to the British trade union movement may lead observers to exaggerate the degree of intellectual sympathy which the Fabians feel now, or have ever felt, for the British trade unions. Actually, the original Fabians distrusted the trade unions and adopted an intellectual position which was unsympathetic to unions. Moreover, the eventual reconciliation of Fabianism with trade unions allotted them only a restricted role in society, although it also weakened the theoretical foundations of early Fabianism. Even on the contemporary scene, where cross-affiliations between the Fabian Society and the labor movement are many times stronger than they were in the Society's early decades, the Fabians are far from wholehearted in their embrace of unions. It is the purpose of this article to explore this little understood relationship between the Fabians and trade unions. (Author's abstract courtesy EBSCO.)
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1959
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Authors: | Melitz, Jack |
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Industrial and Labor Relations Review. - School of Industrial & Labor Relations, ISSN 0019-7939. - Vol. 12.1959, 4, p. 554-567
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations |
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