Labour movements in a post-material world : a study into the continued relevance of labour movements in contemporary advanced industrial societies

Duke, GP

Abstract

This PhD Research examines the basic precept of postindustrial/
post-materialist theory, exploring the relationship that
labour movements have historically played in shaping contentious
politics as well as exploring the wider organizational framework
upon which much of socially organized contention is arrayed today.
Chapter one will seek to provide the context within which the
debates of social movement and post-materialist theories are
conducted today. Chapter two will take a more considered
historical overview of labour or proletarian movements looking at
the ways and means by which labour movements became
concretized in society. Chapter three explores specific historical
events that have been driven principally by working class dissent
in order to determine what values and ideals drove these
movements. Chapter four looks at specific examples of supervalue-
laden labour movement activity in the 20th century. Chapter
five investigates labour movement activities under the most
extreme forms of dictatorships in order to ascertain their primary
motivations. Chapter six analyses some of the material and
theoretical problems for the greater development of postmaterialist
values within the wider labour movements. This thesis
concludes with an overall assessment of the significance and utility
of labour movements in the 21st century.

Citation

Duke, G. Labour movements in a post-material world : a study into the continued relevance of labour movements in contemporary advanced industrial societies. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

• Thesis Type: Thesis
• Deposit Date: Oct 3, 2012
• Award Date: Jan 1, 2010