"European monetary integration has posed tremendous challenges to governments since it removed the tool of currency depreciation previously used for dealing with economic imbalances. As a consequence, governments of member states of the Eurozone have turned to wage setting in or…
In Post-Work, Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler have collected essays from a variety of scholars to discuss the dreary future of work. The introduction, The Post-Work Manifesto, provides the framework for a radical reappraisal of work and suggests an alternative organization…
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.
Presents an overview of industrial politics, the evolution of New Labour, and an anatomy of contemporary trade unionism. Discusses relations between the Labour Party and the unions, and the response of trade unionists to political and economic change. Elaborates on legislation, …
Australia once had extremely high levels of trade union participation, yet since the 1970s the number of union members has been falling dramatically. This book gives the clearest picture yet of why people do or do not belong to unions and, in a sophisticated way, examines the re…
Examines the role of trade unions and trade union leaders played in the British State's management of industrial conflict during the years 1910-1921.
Lazonick explores the origins of the new era of employment insecurity and income inequality, and considers what governments, businesses, and individuals can do about it. He also asks whether the United States can refashion its high-tech business model to generate stable and equi…
Paap worked for nearly three years as a carpenter’s apprentice on a variety of jobsites, closely observing her colleagues’ habits, expressions, and attitudes. As a woman in an overwhelmingly male—and stereotypically “macho”—profession, she uses her experiences to reveal the ways…
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 book examines the role of trade unions vis-a-vis management in the People's Republic of China from 1949 to the present day. It deals with the evolution, reform and consolidation of the Chinese labour movement and, particularly, the role of the main arm of Chinese organized …
Montre que l'automne 2010 a vu croître un des plus impressionnants mouvements sociaux depuis Mai 68 en France. Analyse ce mouvement et tente "à chaud" de le resituer dans une perspective longue, celles des luttes sociales et des mouvements de contestation du néolibéralisme, de l…
This volume explores what the Treaty of Lisbon means for social law and social policy at the European level.
"Providing a comprehensive picture of diversity, ethnicity, and migration in the health sector this book analyses the key themes of career and career structures, social processes, segregation, racism and sexism at international, national and local levels"--
Based on case studies and survey research in eight Russian regions, provides an account of the development of trade unionism in Russia since the collapse of the soviet system. Reviews the political role, structure and functions of the trade unions, the development of social part…
by Moody, Kim
fromHaymarket series
In this study of world labour relations, Moody surveys both sides of the picket lines. His assessment takes a look at multinational managements' strategies to downsize, introduce flexible production & compel workers to work for less.
Covers the period 1915-1994.
For years, the discipline of economics has been moving steadily away from the real world towards formalized axioms and mathematical models with only a precarious bearing on actuality. Commentators seek to fill the gap as best they can, but in the absence of real background schol…
"The main thesis of the book is that the welfare state cannot have a sustainable future, given the overburdened state budget, unless it is managed by a strategic planning process. The book deals, moreover, with the new emergence of a nonprofit private sector that feeds a kind of…
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…
"Labor Rights and Multinational Production investigates the relationship between workers' rights and multinational production. Mosley argues that some types of multinational production, embodied in directly owned foreign investment, positively affect labor rights. However, other…
