Corporate Policing, Yellow Unionism, and Strikebreaking, 1890–1930 In Defence of Freedom

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Title

Corporate Policing, Yellow Unionism, and Strikebreaking, 1890–1930 In Defence of Freedom

Subject

Humanities, Politics & International Relations

Description

This book provides a comparative and transnational examination of the complex and multifaceted experiences of anti-labour mobilisation, from the bitter social conflicts of the pre-war period, through the epochal tremors of war and revolution, and the violent spasms of the 1920s and 1930s.

It retraces the formation of an extensive market for corporate policing, privately contracted security and yellow unionism, as well as processes of professionalisation in strikebreaking activities, labour espionage and surveillance. It reconstructs the diverse spectrum of right-wing patriotic leagues and vigilante corps which, in support or in competition with law enforcement agencies, sought to counter the dual dangers of industrial militancy and revolutionary situations. Although considerable research has been done on the rise of socialist parties and trade unions the repressive policies of their opponents have been generally left unexamined. This book fills this gap by reconstructing the methods and strategies used by state authorities and employers to counter outbreaks of labour militancy on a global scale. It adopts a long-term chronology that sheds light on the shocks and strains that marked industrial societies during their turbulent transition into mass politics from the bitter social conflicts of the pre-war period, through the epochal tremors of war and revolution, and the violent spasms of the 1920s and 1930s.

Offering a new angle of vision to examine the violent transition to mass politics in industrial societies, this is of great interest to scholars of policing, unionism and striking in the modern era.

Creator

Edited By Matteo Millan, Alessandro Saluppo

Source

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9780429354243/corporate-policing-yellow-unionism-strikebreaking-1890%E2%80%931930-matteo-millan-alessandro-saluppo?context=ubx&refId=1f451912-a111-4d5a-b214-fe35548f990b

Publisher

Routledge

Date

2021

Contributor

Guruh Haris Raputra

Rights

Creative Commons

Format

Pdf

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429354243

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