Nine Years of New Labour: Neoliberalism and Workers' Rights

Since it was first elected in 1997, a large Commons majority won in three general elections and a benign economic environment have combined to give New Labour the authority and opportunity to implement its programme for industrial relations and employment law. This paper offers an appraisal of New L...

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Veröffentlicht in:British journal of industrial relations 2006-09, Vol.44 (3), p.401-420
Hauptverfasser: Smith, Paul, Morton, Gary
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Since it was first elected in 1997, a large Commons majority won in three general elections and a benign economic environment have combined to give New Labour the authority and opportunity to implement its programme for industrial relations and employment law. This paper offers an appraisal of New Labour’s neoliberalism, and its relevance for understanding the scope and limits of its reform of employment law. The conclusion calls for a campaign to restore and extend trade union rights as a prerequisite for safeguarding workers’ interests within the labour market, employment relationship and society.
ISSN:0007-1080
1467-8543
DOI:10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00506.x