Routledge - Trade Unions and the British Industrial Relations Crisis

Explore the life and intellectual impact of Hugh Clegg through this comprehensive biography. As a founding figure of post-war British Industrial Relations, Clegg helped shape the foundations of what is now taught as Employment Relations and Human Resource Management in business schools worldwide. This book examines his role in defining industrial democracy through collective bargaining and his development of the pluralist approach to industrial relations. Readers will gain insight into his influence as a major player in public policy and a significant figure in the post-war social sciences. Beyond his academic contributions, the text tracks his journey within the Cold War social democratic academic left. It details his transition from earlier Communism to his later role as a champion of free trade unions within a liberal democratic framework. This biography provides a deep look at a man who helped define the relationship between labor and management in a changing political landscape.