Global Labour Journal Volume 2 Issue 1 Making Public Sociology, guest-edited by 2 Michael Burawoy 1-31-2011 Engaging Labour: British Sociology 1945-2010 Huw Beynon Cardiff University,
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[email protected]. Engaging Labour: British Sociology 1945-2010 Abstract This paper traces the interrelationship between changes in the British trade union and labour movement and the development of sociology in Britain since the war. It considers the ways in which both have been affected by economic and political changes and how different patterns of engagement have emerged in times of crisis. Keywords Britain, labour movement, Sociology, trade unions, United Kingdom This article is available in Global Labour Journal: http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/vol2/iss1/2 Engaging Labour: British Sociology 1945-2010 Huw Beynon, Cardiff University ABSTRACT This paper traces the interrelationship between changes in the British trade union and labour movement and the development of sociology in Britain since the war. It considers the ways in which both have been affected by economic and political changes and how different patterns of engagement have emerged in times of crisis. KEYWORDS Britain, labour movement, Sociology, trade unions, United Kingdom Post-war Reconstruction, Pre-sociology: 1945-1962 In post-war Britain the relationship between the labour movement and social research took place through intellectuals involved in the major political parties, with the Labour and Communist parties dominating.