Peter Dorey is Professor of British Politics in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University

• List of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 Emergence and Identification of the Problem2 The Donovan Commission and its Report3 The Initial Political response4 Cabinet Demurrals and Diminishing Ministerial Support5 Increasing Antipathy in the Parliamentary Labour Party 6 The Trade Unions' Implacable Hostility7 A ‘Solemn and Binding’ AgreementConclusionBibliographyIndex

'Dorey’s detailed yet highly engaged text will become a reference point and benchmark for rethinking the decline of the post-war social-democratic consensus and the nuances of industrial-relations politics. It is well written and a significant insight into the Labour Party and trade union movement of the time. It also reveals the importance of locating the specifics of political discussions and choices in the realm of political relations and historical contexts.'Labour History Review

Peter Dorey is Professor of British Politics in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University

• List of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 Emergence and Identification of the Problem2 The Donovan Commission and its Report3 The Initial Political response4 Cabinet Demurrals and Diminishing Ministerial Support5 Increasing Antipathy in the Parliamentary Labour Party 6 The Trade Unions' Implacable Hostility7 A ‘Solemn and Binding’ AgreementConclusionBibliographyIndex

'Dorey’s detailed yet highly engaged text will become a reference point and benchmark for rethinking the decline of the post-war social-democratic consensus and the nuances of industrial-relations politics. It is well written and a significant insight into the Labour Party and trade union movement of the time. It also reveals the importance of locating the specifics of political discussions and choices in the realm of political relations and historical contexts.'Labour History Review

Peter Dorey is Professor of British Politics in the School of Law and Politics at Cardiff University

• List of tablesAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsIntroduction1 Emergence and Identification of the Problem2 The Donovan Commission and its Report3 The Initial Political response4 Cabinet Demurrals and Diminishing Ministerial Support5 Increasing Antipathy in the Parliamentary Labour Party 6 The Trade Unions' Implacable Hostility7 A ‘Solemn and Binding’ AgreementConclusionBibliographyIndex

'Dorey’s detailed yet highly engaged text will become a reference point and benchmark for rethinking the decline of the post-war social-democratic consensus and the nuances of industrial-relations politics. It is well written and a significant insight into the Labour Party and trade union movement of the time. It also reveals the importance of locating the specifics of political discussions and choices in the realm of political relations and historical contexts.'Labour History Review