Introduction : The British industrial relations tradition--formation, breakdown, and salvage / Peter Ackers and Adrian Wilkinson -- Sociology and industrial relations / Ian Roberts -- Economics and industrial relations / Damian Grimshaw and Jill Rubery -- Human resource management and industrial relations / Nick Bacon -- History and industrial relations / Chris Brotherton -- Labour law and industrial relations / Keith Ewing -- Politics and industrial relations / Roderick Martin -- Geography and industrial relations / Andrew Herod, Jamie Peck, and Jane Wills -- Industrial relations in North America / Bruce Kaufman -- Industrial relations in Australia / Russell Lansbury and Grant Michelson -- Industrial relations in continental Europe / Carola Frege -- Consumer capitalism and industrial relations / Marek Korczynski -- Trade unions and industrial relations / Edmund Heery -- Women and industrial relations / Anne-Marie Greene -- Marxism and industrial relations / Gregor Gall -- Post-modernism and industrial relations / John Eldridge -- The future of industrial relations / Paul Edwards.