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Understanding work and employment : industrial relations in transition

Title
Understanding work and employment : industrial relations in transition / edited by Peter Ackers, Adrian Wilkinson.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Ackers, Peter, 1957-
  • Wilkinson, Adrian, 1963-
Description
xvi, 366 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"This collection aims to analyse, advertise and criticize the contributions 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." - back cover.
Alternative Title
Understanding work & employment
Subject
  • Industrial relations
  • Work
  • Employment (Economic theory)
  • Work
  • Employment
  • industrial relations
  • labor
  • employing
  • Arbeidsverhoudingen
  • Verandering
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 0199259038
  • 9780199259038
  • 0199240663
  • 9780199240661
LCCN
  • 2003278005
  • 9780199259038
OCLC
  • ocm51108532
  • 51108532
  • SCSB-1285118
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library