• DOI:10.1177/0950017087001003007
• Corpus ID: 154609889

Goodbye to all that?: A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike

@article{Howell1987GoodbyeTA,
  title={Goodbye to all that?: A Review of Literature on the 1984/5 Miners' Strike},
  author={David Howell},
  journal={Work Employment \& Society},
  year={1987},
  volume={1},
  pages={388 - 404}
}

• David Howell
• Published 1 September 1987
• Political Science, History
• Work Employment & Society

He knew where the responsibility lay. He had been a Labour Minister, one of those who had taken office in the optimism of 1964, and now more than two decades later, had a promising future behind him. 'Look at Scargill, he's ruined the coal industry, he's split his Union, he's undermined the Labour Party's electoral prospects.' Here was a judgement from the metropolitan heartland, patrician in its assurance, but tabloid in its crudity. As a verdict on complex events lasting a year, and directly involving hundreds of thousands in the coalfields and beyond, a first response is to be dismissive. Yet an easy riposte is inadequate, and the problem of understanding remains acute.