Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures and Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART 1 CAPITAL AND LABOUR; 1 Oil, Imperialism and the British State: The Origins of the Crisis; 2 Problems of Union Mobilization Offshore: The 1970s and 1980s; PART 2 INDUSTRIAL ACTION; 3 Prelude to Action; 4 The Summer of Discontent; PART 3 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; 5 Lord Cullen's Report; 6 'A Profound Change of Culture'; 7 The Strategy of Containment; 8 Paying for the Piper?; PART 4 THE FUTURE; 9 Striking Out: Setting a New Agenda
10 The Future of OffshoreTrade Unionism11 The Restructuring of Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry; 12 Conclusion: An Unsafe Future; Postscript; Afterword; Bibliography; Index