The Geography of Trade Union Responses to Local Government Privatization

Bibliographic Data

ID8963571
AuthorsJoe Painter (0000-0001-5306-9333, corresponding author)
Year1991
Volume16
Issue2
Pages214-214
Publication date1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-2754 • E-ISSN: 1475-5661
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2307/622615
OpenAlexW2335285938
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited3

Since 1980, local government in Britain has seen moves towards the private provision of local services. The regulation school of political economy provides an explanation for this trend. However, privatization has been opposed by local government trade unions. The development of national trade union policy on local government privatization is discussed. This national policy is subject to local variations which are illustrated by the cases of two contrasting local authorities, in Wandsworth and Newcastle. These cases suggest that some reworking of conventional regulation theory may be required if it is fully to account for social struggles around privatization, and the resulting geographically uneven transition to a new pattern of local service provision

Business · Economic geography · Geography · Government (linguistics · International trade · Local government · Political science · Trade union · Labor Movements and Unions · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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