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Posing larger questions: the British miners’ strike of 1984–85
Author(s) -
Towers Brian
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1985.tb00510.x
Subject(s) - closing (real estate) , capitalism , political science , democracy , political economy , law , sociology , politics
The miners’ strike was the longest and most significant dispute in modern British industrial history. The conflict provided a vivid case study of the rationales and processes of capitalism and liberal democracy in the closing decades of this century. This article is an assessment of the important issues raised by the dispute.