The theory and practice of voluntary incomes policies with particular reference to the British Labour government's social contract, 1974-79

This thesis explores the necessary conditions for voluntary wage restraint in advanced industrialized democracies. In particular, it addresses the question of how governments can get union movements to trade their labour market power for non-wage objectives, and how union peak organizations can secu...

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Main Author: Boston, Jonathan
Published: University of Oxford 1984
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.348208