Research Catalog

Title

The workers of nations : industrial relations in a global economy / Sanford M. Jacoby.

Author

Jacoby, Sanford M., 1953-

Publication

New York : Oxford University Press, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

University of California, Los Angeles. Institute of Industrial Relations.

Description

xiv, 231 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

• The Workers of Nations: Industrial Relations in a Global Economy compares and contrasts the experiences of different nations around important developments, including the labor market consequences of regional trading pacts like the European Community and the North American Free Trade Agreement. The book also explores the international diffusion of new forms of work organization, and the strategies - ranging from corporatism to voluntarism - that nations are pursuing to keep their work systems competitive.
• It looks at groups of countries where unions are still dominant - as in Northern Europe - and those where unions are losing influence - as in the United States and Britain. It also examines countries where government and companies are dominant - as in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea.
• . Based on original research, The Workers of Nations examines the interconnectedness of politics, social institutions, and economic performance. It analyzes how globalization affects the contemporary workplace, and how workplace policies can make nations more internationally competitive.

Subject

Comparative industrial relations > Congresses

Note

• Essays presented at a 1992 conference, sponsored by the UCLA Institute of Industrial Relations.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Social Dimensions of Global Economic Integration / Sanford M. Jacoby -- 2. Labor Cost Incentives for Capital Mobility in the European Community / Christopher L. Erickson and Sarosh C. Kuruvilla -- 3. Employee Benefits in Europe and the United States / Daniel J. B. Mitchell -- 4. The End of Corporatism? Wage Setting in the Nordic and Germanic Countries / Peter Lange, Michael Wallerstein and Miriam Golden -- 5. Strikes Around the World: A Game Theoretic Approach / George Tsebelis and Peter Lange -- 6. The Impact of Foreign Investment on U.S. Industrial Relations: The Case of California's Japanese-Owned Plants / Ruth Milkman -- 7. Boundaries, Compartments, and Markets: Paradoxes of Industrial Relations in Growth Pole Regions of France, Italy, and the United States / Michael Storper -- 8. Some Thoughts and Evidence on Industrial Policy: Industrialization in South Korea and Mexico / Kenneth L. Sokoloff.
• 9. Labor and the Politics of Exchange Rates: The Case of the European Monetary System / Jeffry A. Frieden.

ISBN

0195089049 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

94016786

OCLC

• 30517814
• ocm30517814

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries