Description |
x, 274 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction / Brandon Ellem, Raymond Markey, John Shields -- Ch. 2. Different roads to power: a comparative study of national unions federations / Chris Briggs -- Ch. 3. Beyond the 'will to unity': theorising peak union organisation and agency / Brandon Ellem, John Shields -- Ch. 4. The Labour Council of New South Wales, 1871-2001 / Raymond Markey -- Ch. 5. Product of a community in transition: the first Brisbane Trades and Labour Council, 1855-1888 / John Kellett -- Ch. 6. The industrial and political role of the Trades and Labour Council of Queensland since 1922: a reassessment / Simon Fry, John Shields, Brandon Ellem -- Ch. 7. The formation and role of an independent trades and labour council in Western Australia / Robbie Oliver -- Ch. 8. The Barrier Industrial Council: a study in local peak union origins, purpose, power and decline / Brandon Ellem, John Shields -- Ch. 9. Peak unionism in the Illawarra / Raymond Markey, Shirley Nixon -- Ch. 10. A podium for politics: the origins and role of the Rockhampton Trades and Labour Council and its predecessors / Barbara Webster -- Ch. 11. A fourth level council: the Wagga Wagga and District Trades and Labor Council 1943-1990 / Warwick Eather -- Ch. 12. Power and space in the Victorian Trades Hall Council / Cathy Brigden -- Ch. 13. The end of a cycle? The Australian Council of Trade Unions in historical perspective / Chris Briggs |
Summary |
Systematically examines labour council's nature and influence at different times, in different places. The book adopts a unique combination of comparative method and conceptual insights from the fields of industrial relations, history, geography, organisational studies and political science |
Analysis |
Peak bodies |
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Trades and labour councils |
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ACTU |
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History |
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Industrial relations (Australia) |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes index and bibliographical references |
Subject |
Central labor councils -- Australia.
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Labor unions -- Australia.
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Author |
Ellem, Bradon, 1956-
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Markey, Ray.
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Shields, John, 1954-
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LC no. |
2005360503 |
ISBN |
1862875308 |
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