The long-term decline of the British coal industry has had serious and lasting implications for miners, their families and communities. Out of the Ashes? Presents an authoritative review of the history and current state of this process. Drawing on their own research in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire mining communities, the authors chart the impact of pit closures, of their threat, on community life. The viability and working practices of the restructured industry are examined alongside case studies of successful and failed worker take-overs. The management of decline and attempts to stimulate the local economies affected are compared with very different strategies pursued in Germany, Belgium and Spain. The book concludes with an examination of the likely future of what remains of the industry and the prospects of the communities it once supported. Written in an accessible style,Out of the Ashes? Will engage all who have a professional or personal interest in the decline of the British coal mining industry, as well as academic and students of regional studies, sociology, psychology and the social sciences in general.

Out of the Ashes?: The Social Impact of Industrial Contraction and Regeneration on Britain's Mining Communities (Regions and Cities)

Business & Money

Waddington, David

Critcher, Chas

Dicks, Bella

Parry, David

Economics

Routledge

This book considers the aftermath of the 1984-85 miners' strike. It documents and analyzes the processes of social change within a pro-strike, an anti-strike and a divided community. It focuses on the images of community endorsed in each of the communities, and how they have been affected by the experience of the strike and its aftermath. The book discusses the differential impact on everyday life, especially upon work, gender relations and social networks and the extent to which the strike and its aftermath has shaped attitudes towards authoritative institutions, notably the legal system, the media and politics. It then examines how people view the future of their communities in the 1990s. "Split at the Seams?" aims to provide an insight into the previously neglected processes of change and adjustment taking place in mining communities in the wake of the dispute.

Split at the Seams?: Community, Continuity and Change After the 1984-T Coal Dispute

Politics & Social Sciences

Wykes, Maggie

Critcher, C.

Wyke, Maggie

Social Sciences

Open Univ Pr

Split at the Seams?: Community, Continuity and Change After the 1984-5 Coal Dispute

A topical study showing how and why seemingly trivial incidents act as flashpoints for widespread disturbances, by investigating the underlying causes. This book should be of interest to students and lecturers in communication, politics, industrial relations, criminology, and urban studies.

Flashpoints: Studies in Public Disorder

Jones, Karen

Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder (Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest)

In a comparative study drawing on material from the United States and Britain, this book, first published in 1992, examines how various types of industrial, political, urban and sectarian disorder occur. In the early 1990s public disorder returned to the top of the political agenda, and yet was consistently met with confusion and misunderstanding. Public discussion was superficial and emotive, contributing little helpful enlightenment and creating no prospect of sensible policy change. This book presents the 'flashpoints' model, to explain that public disorder is most likely to occur where a group perceives that its rights are being violated or denied. The model is demonstrated in a selection of vivid case studies which are both international and historical in scope, covering British and American inner-city riots, sports spectator violence, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. In particular it traces the growth of police powers and assesses how effective democratic control over police behaviour actually is. It also considers the assertion that media coverage can have an inflammatory effect on public disorder.

Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder: A Comparative and Historical Approach (Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest)

Flashpoints: Studies in Public Disorder (Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest)

Flashpoints (Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest)

Sociology

This book, first published in 1989, examines how a seemingly trivial incident can act as a flashpoint for wider disturbances. It investigates the underlying causes, the immediate context of the events, and the communication between police and crowd that takes place within them. The authors' findings are based on first-hand research into case studies of political demonstrations, community disorder and industrial picketing in South Yorkshire, UK over a five-year period. Wide-ranging in its approach, the book covers industrial relations, police-community relations, and questions of political representation and legal rights. The authors provide a novel theoretical analysis, drawing on both sociology and social psychology, which they apply to their own case studies and to other instances of disorder, from Grosvenor Square in 1968 to Wapping in 1986. They also consider the possible impact of new public order legislation, and the policy implications of their research.

Policing Public Disorder

Contemporary Issues in Public Disorder: A Comparative and Historical Approach

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