Bagguley, P (2013) Industrial citizenship: a re-conceptualisation and case study of the UK. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 33 (5/6). 265 - 279. ISSN 0144-333X
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to critically examine and reformulate T.H. Marshall's concept of industrial citizenship, and apply the reformulated model to a case study of the UK. Design/methodology/approach: Marshall's conceptualisation of industrial citizenship is criticised for neglecting the rights of unions as collective rights and for treating industrial citizenship as an aggregation of individual rights. Subsequent attempts to use the idea of industrial citizenship are similarly flawed. A case study of changes to industrial citizenship in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s is used to develop the new model and provide evidence in support of it. Findings: An alternative conceptualisation of industrial citizenship is presented that outlines collective and individual powers, obligations, liberties, constraints, immunities and liabilities. This model is illustrated using examples from the Conservative governments' industrial relations legislation of the 1980s and 1990s. Originality/value: Discussions and applications of T.H. Marshall's concept of industrial citizenship are few and far between. The paper proposes an original re-conceptualisation specifying the collective rights of unions in the British regime of industrial citizenship. This new concept of industrial citizenship is then applied to the radical changes in industrial relations legislation in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, Emerald. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | United Kingdom; Social policy; Government policy; Industrial citizenship; Trade unions; Employment; Marshall |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 22 Oct 2014 13:11 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2014 13:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-07-2012-0061 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Emerald |
Identification Number: | 10.1108/IJSSP-07-2012-0061 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80514 |