... helps stabilise the economy. During the 20th Century this type of work organisation spread throughout the industrialised world. The re-building of industry during the post war period was centred on the mass production system. This system contributed for several decades towards a huge growth in productivity and prosperity. It became a role model for successful industries ( Mathias and Davis ... social relations within employment. The most fundamental change is the shift in numbers employed between the main industries alongside the growth in manufacturing to the expense of agriculture (l...

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... Sir Geoffre Howe, Douglas Hurd, John Major--stood in her estimation throughout these infinitely subtle, infinitely devious jugglings. To this reader the best chapter is on "Mr. Scargill's Insurrection," the year-long miners' strike of 1984-85. She can scarcely restrain herself as she describes Arthur Scargill, the president of the National Union of Mineworkers. She is so adept at demonstrating Scargill ... 's apparent low cunning, she actually casts doubts on her own skill in handling the crisis, for one is bound to wonder whether Margaret Thatcher won or ... the Atlantic and back this p...

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