Public Service Trade Unionism and Radical Politics Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction
1	White-collar workers and white-collar unions	1
2	NALGO: The development of a trade union consciousness	26
3	Social work radicalism	49
4	Decentralisation and the urban left	62
5	Research methodology	81
6	Industrial militancy in Islington	89
7	Decentralisation in Islington	118
8	Trade unions and decentralisation	135
9	The urban left in practice	160
10	Union structures and politics	183
11	Reflections on trade union action	195
12	Understanding the conflict	207
	App. 1 Methodology: Sample details and selection criteria	236
	App. 2 Tables	254
	Bibliography	272
	Index	297