Monograph on the evolution of trade unions in the USSR - discusses historical and contemporary development, focusing on union labour policy and political participation, labour relations, freedom of association, workers participation, international relations, activities connected…
Intended for undergraduate and graduate students, traces the evolution of labour unions in the period 1800-2000. Describes their role in politics, as bargaining agents, and ways of union revival.
by Marlow, Susan, Patton, Dean, Ram, Monder
fromRoutledge studies in small business
Explores key areas of the employment relationship in small firms.
Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
Provides a perspective in management of both human resource systems and their employees in public sector settings. Addresses the foundational policies and practices required in today's human resource systems and focuses on the significant changes facing local governments, especi…
How much 'say' should employees have in the running of business organizations, and what form should the 'voice' take? This is both the oldest and latest question in employment relations. Answers to these questions reflect our fundamental assumptions about the nature of the emplo…
"The chief aim of Jobs and Fairness is to bring together evidence about the validity of the first hypothesis: about the material benefits which employee ownership may be expected to bring. Accordingly, after an extended discussion of theoretical and background questions, it cons…
In Trust, a sweeping assessment of the emerging global economic order "after History," Fukuyama examines a wide range of national cultures in order to divine the hidden principles that make a good and prosperous society, and his findings strongly challenge the orthodoxies of bot…
This work tells the story of Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' groundbreaking victory, drawing important lessons from this dramatic tale. Since the 1900s, large scale agricultural enterprises relied on migrant labor, a cheap, unorganized, and powerless workforce. In 1965…
Labour process theory is consolidated in 'Working Life' to develop a credible account of the relationships between capitalist political economy, work systems and the strategies and practices of actors in the employment relationship. Beyond this, the book explores the future of l…
Examines the transfer of interest institutions and the subsequent transformation of workplace relations in the east German clothing industry after reunification in 1989. Focuses on the functioning of the newly introduced works councils. Based on surveys of trade union members in…
Although "the primary focus of this book is on labor-management negotiations ... [it] is as much essential reading for the first-time home buyer or business students, as it is useful for a veteran union arbitrator or busy executive."--Cover.
This is the first comprehensive account of Israel's central labour organization, the Histadrut, and the Israeli Labour Party, which dominated politics for more than four decades. The author develops a political economy approach which draws on contemporary theories of labour move…
