« Citoyens » ou « syndicalistes » ? Conceptions antagonistes de la citoyenneté dans les débats sur la régulation du monde du travail (1968-1997)

• Main Author: Marc Lenormand
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique 2016-07-01
• Series: Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique
• Subjects: citizenship; trade unions; Labour Party; industrial democracy
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/779

This article uses the concept of citizenship to examine the history of British trade unions in the second half of the 20th century, and reciprocally uses the political debates in the British labour movement to clarify the various notions of citizenship offered in British politics. The starting point is a critical examination of T.H. Marshall’s 1950 seminal text, Citizenship and Social Class, which suggested that there were three parts of citizenship: civil citizenship, political citizenship and social citizenship. An examination of the history of British trade unions and industrial relations from the 1960s to the 1990s suggests that this functionalist model should be complemented by a more political typology highlighting three antagonistic models of citizenship: formal, individualistic citizenship; the specific Labourite form of political citizenship; and an industrial form of citizenship based on union membership and participation.