Author : Leighton S. James
Publisher : Critical Labour Movement Studies
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Politics of Identity and Civil Society in Britain and Germany by : Leighton S. James
Download or read book The Politics of Identity and Civil Society in Britain and Germany written by Leighton S. James and published by Critical Labour Movement Studies. This book was released on 2008-10-15 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study compares the making and remaking of the political identities of the miners' movements in Britain and Germany. Examining this intersection through discourse analysis and the concept of the "lifeworld," this book brings together the miners' social world and the realm of organized politics to advance historical understanding of two of the most powerful European labor movements. Taking the south Wales and Ruhr coalfields as case studies, it focuses on the public discourse of the trade unions and political parties as disseminated in local newspapers, trade union publications, pamphlets, and election leaflets. It reveals how the miners' movements utilized ideas such as class, religion, the "people" or "Volk", socialization, and nationalization to construct organizational identities during the turbulent period between 1890 and 1926.