This book presents a study of the theoretical ideas which great socialist thinkers, such as Marx, Engels, Bernstein, Luxemburg and Lenin, developed on unionism, its place in the development of class consciousness and its relations with capitalism and political goals. The book also traces the evolution of Catholic trade-union theory, ending with the Polish Solidarity movement, which the author sees as a Christian variant of revisionist trade-union theory.
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Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 138 mm
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978-0-85496-186-3 (9780854961863)
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Part 1 Marx and Engels - the key statements: the condition of the working class in England; the poverty of philosophy; the manifesto of the Communist Party; wage labour and capital; inaugural address; wages, price and profit; the instructions for the delegates; "Capital", volume 1; contra anarchism and anarcho-syndicalism. Part 2 Karl Marx on trade union independence - the reception of the Hamann interview of 30 September 1869. Part 3 The main implications: the Marxist theory of wages; trade unions and Labour's claim to power; trade unions and class consciousness; the party relationship. Part 4 Conflicting interpretations I: Eduard Bernstein to Hermann Muller. Part 5 Conflicting interpretations II: Rosa Luxemburg contra Eduard Bernstein. Part 6 Conflicting interpretations III: From Lenin to Losovsk. Part 7 The dual character of trade unions. Part 8 Christianity and trade unions: Christian socialism; the emergence of "Solidarism"; Emanuel Von Ketteler; Heinrich Pesch; Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II). Part 9 Polish workers between Moscow and Rome: trade unions in real existing socialism (RES); the economic conditions of real Existing Socialism RES and the rise of Solidarity; Solidarity's response - the 21 demands (Gdansk agreement) and the Organizational Statute; the programme. Appendices.
