A01=Charles Woolfson
A01=John Foster
Author_Charles Woolfson
Author_John Foster
Category=JH
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Product details
- ISBN 9780860919476
- Weight: 372g
- Dimensions: 140 x 220mm
- Publication Date: 01 Oct 1988
- Publisher: Verso Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book provides a unique inside view of the 103-day occupation against closure of Caterpillar's factory in Scotland starting in January 1987. The authors of Track Record were present during the occupation and documented the entire campaign in a 'fly-on-the-wall' fashion with the full permission and support of the Joint Occupation Committee.
Based on tape recordings made at the time and interviews with the major protagonists in this industrial drama, Track Record vividly recreates the atmosphere and tension, the conflicting emotions and hopes aroused by the occupation. The authors explain why this dispute had a massive impact on Scottish political life, helping to isolate Scottish Conservatives in the run-up to the 1987 election. Track Record also raises wider questions about the role of multinational companies and the scope for resistance to them.
Based on tape recordings made at the time and interviews with the major protagonists in this industrial drama, Track Record vividly recreates the atmosphere and tension, the conflicting emotions and hopes aroused by the occupation. The authors explain why this dispute had a massive impact on Scottish political life, helping to isolate Scottish Conservatives in the run-up to the 1987 election. Track Record also raises wider questions about the role of multinational companies and the scope for resistance to them.
John Foster is Professor of Applied Social Studies at Paisley College of Technology. He is the author of Class Struggle and the Industrial Revolution (1974), and of articles on the National Question, labour history and urban development.
Charles Woolfson is Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow. where he is Course Director of the Master's Degree in Industrial Relations. His previous work has included The Politics of the UCS Work-in (1986), which he co-authored with John Foster.
Charles Woolfson is Lecturer in Sociology at the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow. where he is Course Director of the Master's Degree in Industrial Relations. His previous work has included The Politics of the UCS Work-in (1986), which he co-authored with John Foster.
