Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-91).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 433-465).

Thesis (M.Communication Pathology)--Universiteit van Pretoria, 2002. / Summary in English and Afrikaans. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Münster, 1935.

Thesis (M. Communication Pathology)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 97-103.

Thesis (M.A.)--Ohio University, June, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-91)

In May 1981, at the South Wales Area NUM annual conference, Area president Emlyn Williams addressed the delegates and told them that the south Wales miners 'are associated in people's minds with resistance and struggles ... There is no doubt in my mind that miners have an historical mission to lead in class struggles'.1 This statement expressed the conscious self-image of the South Wales Area and was also a reaffirmation of an important historical trend. During the twentieth century the miners were generally considered to be amongst the most militant sections of the British labour movement, with South Wales very much in the forefront of this. This thesis examines both how and why the south Wales miners held this prominent 'vanguard' role. My research explores the history of the south Wales miners between 1964 and 1985, examining the interrelationship of coal, community and politics through the prism of their Union. The period covers the concerted run-down of the coal industry under the Wilson government, the growth of miners' resistance and the brief prospect of a secure future for them, through to eventual NUM defeat in 1985. In this socio- political history, the emphasis is on the dynamics of the relations between colliery lodges, the South Wales Area and the national NUM, the response of the Area to industrial and political developments, and also the impact of this upon its relationship with the wider labour movement. In many respects however, labour history is not currently 'fashionable'. The decline of the densely-unionised heavy industries, together with the global hegemony of neo-liberalism, has led many to believe that this subject is no longer relevant - even though the working class has not disappeared just because more people in Britain now work in call centres and supermarkets than in collieries or steelworks. Nevertheless, as Mcllroy and Campbell point out, '[t]he [current] debility of labour studies ... have to be related to the defeats and the consequent sense of demoralisation the labour movement has suffered from, as well as state policies and academic responses to them'.

M.A. (Manpower and Labour Relations Strategy) / composed of two or more interdent parets, components or subsystems, and delineated by identifiable boundaries from its environmental supra system." This circumscription forms the basis of the systems approach to which unions influence can be measured. The empirical results displayed that: (i) Union membership has not proved better and higher valued posts in comparison with non-union membership. There was found that unions could contribute in the upgrading and standardising of post levels. This upgrading and standardising is more pst specific indicated that post appreciation. (ii) Unions have a influence on compensation structures. (iii) As far as shareholder schemes for workers it was found that unions regard it as important if they negotiated with them. (iv) As far as social responsibility it was found that unions did not display a significant influence. (v) In spite of the fact that technological change influence enterprise as well as individuals, unions has not yet claimed in this regard. (vi) It was found that both labour-, capital-, and multi-factorial productivity showed a sharp decline. Reasons for this decline in some cases are because of union influence. (vii) The South African mining enterprise are no longer competitive with regard to international competition. The decrease in the mining sectors competitiveness is because of the increase in production costs since the 1970's...

This project was established with the aim of assessing the extent of the development of new mining communities and the extent to which sport has been involved in the development of new communities around the Witbank district. The development of this project was an endeavour to understand the extent of change in settlement practices of miners, a subject on which there is not much academic literature. From the earlier settlement of small-scale farmers in Witbank, coal mining sprouted. Until the 1980s, a large number of African workers on these mines were migrant labourers housed in single-sex compounds. When the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) called for the abolition of hostels, the migrant system was seriously affected. With the decline of the migrant labour system, mine workers’ families have been settling with them in units located on or close to the mines. As compounds were converted into family units, African workers tasted the freedom of living with their families. The move from hostels to houses has led to the development of new ‘normal’ communities; ‘normal’ in the sense that they comprise men, women and children. The research shows that the development of new communities has not been automatic, but one that has relied, in particular, on the self-activity of the miners and their families, though often with support from colliery managers. As in the UK and US, various institutions have been involved in developing mining communities, and this study focuses on one of these, a sports association, specifically the Mpumalanga Collieries’ Human Resources Association (MCHRA). Whilst in many respects the new mining communities are similar to those considered in the UK and US, apartheid divisions continue to mark the geography of settlement, with class replacing race as the main marker of division. Sport is crucial in the secondary development of these communities; secondary in that it promotes social cohesion rather than gives rise to the emergence of communities. Nonetheless, sport has already shown its importance in Witbank. It does not only allow families to entertain themselves, but also gives the communities some escape-valve mechanism, as it keeps people busy and away from crime, drugs and alcohol abuse. This study provides valuable evidence of ordinary people taking responsibility for new social problems arising in the post-apartheid era, and they are doing this, in particular, through the mechanism of sport. / Prof. Peter Alexander Ms. Claire Ceruti