There has been a growing recognition amongst scholars that labour historians need to look beyond national borders in order to place the history of the working classes into a much broader context than has hitherto been the case. Whilst studies focused on individual countries are …
Integrado perspectivas disciplinarias como la psicología, la sociología, el derecho, la administración y la historia, agrupa reflexiones vinculadas con procesos psicosociales asociados a la flexibilidad laboral contemporánea. Intentando comprender las vivencias de las personas e…
Contains 14 papers which discuss industrial labour and its management. Examines the influence of caste and social class in recruitment and the position of women industrial workers.
"Several thousand new trade union recognition agreements have been signed since 1997, representing a major development within industrial relations in Britain. This has resulted from the interaction of union organising efforts and the statutory union recognition provisions of the…
The study of varieties of capitalism is moving from analysis of static national types to embrace local and sectoral diversity, and systems in the process of major change. This volume addresses the issue by examining four localised sectors, comparing Germany with other European c…
Pressures associated with globalisation of markets, exacerbated by the 'credit crunch', have placed pressure on many nation states to make their labour markets more 'flexible'. In so doing, many states have sought to reduce labour standards and to diminish the influence of trade…