Understanding work and employment : industrial relations in transition

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Title:

Understanding work and employment : industrial relations in transition

Author:

Ackers, Peter, 1957-

ISBN:

9780199259038

9780199240661

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Physical Description:

xvi, 366 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents:

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.

Subject Term:

Industrial relations.

Work.

Employment (Economic theory)

Arbeidsverhoudingen.

Verandering.

Relations industrielles.

Travail.

Emploi.

Added Author:

Ackers, Peter, 1957-

Wilkinson, Adrian, 1963-

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy041/2003278005.html
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2003278005-b.html

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Summary

This collection aims to analyse, advertise, and criticize the contribution of industrial relations to social science understanding. It brings together leading scholars to reconsider the theoretical foundations of industrial relations and its potential contribution to the wider understanding of work and economic life, to learn what it can gain from a stronger engagement with these surrounding disciplines and national traditions. The introduction provides a critical, though broadly sympathetic, outline of the development of the mainstream industrial relations tradition. Part One recognizes the interdisciplinary character of industrial relations by concentrating on 'border encounters' with the cognate academic disciplines of sociology, economics, management, history, psychology, law, politics, and geography. Of particular interest is how far industrial relations has contributed to social science understanding beyond its own narrow borders. Part Two combines a major critical analysis of the American school, with three shorter discussions of Australia, Europe, and Japan. Part Three looks forward to the potential contribution of industrial relations to our understanding of work, employment, and society by identifying a variety of key dilemmas and debates which call for new interdisciplinary thinking. Finally, the book ends with a critical reassessment of the industrial relations tradition.