Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of illustrations viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. List of abbreviations xii
7. 1 The 1970s 1
8. 2 Election deferred and the collapse of the social contract 18
9. 3 The Ford strike, 1978 38
10. 4 The oil tanker drivers’ dispute and the road hauliers’ strike 59
11. 5 Public sector strikes 82
12. 6 Media coverage 108
13. 7 The Conservative Party and the ‘winter of discontent’ 130
14. 8 Political aftermath 147
15. 9 In conclusion 168
16. ‘Winter of discontent’, 1978–79 176
17. Bibliography 179
18. Index 196