| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 258 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Routledge library editions. The economics series
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Routledge library editions. Economics. Labour economics and industrial relations ;
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| Note |
Originally published: London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1986. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgments; Part 1: The comparative approach; 1. Introduction; Definitions; The scope of comparative analysis; Principles of comparative analysis; The investigation; 2. Comparative frameworks; The central theoretical approach; Strategy, strategic choice and social action; Strategic choices of the 'actors' and the overall framework for analysis; Environmental conditions; Subjective meanings and policies. |
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Cultural values and civilizationIdeologies; Economic policies; Public and legal policies; Structural conditions; Social; Economic; Political; Technological; Legal; Demographic; Intervening conditions; Organizational structures and processes; The institutional framework of industrial relations; Industrial relations processes; Historical or temporal forces and movements; A temporal explanatory framework; Forces for divergence and convergence in industrial relations; Late development; Summary and developments; Part 2: The 'actors' in the industrial relations system. |
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3. Managers and employers' associationsA theory of managerial strategies and 'styles' in industrial relations; Managerial strategies and 'styles'; The patterning of choices: general categories of social action, culture and ideology; The general categories of social action; Culture; Ideologies; Structural constraints; Environmental conditions; Organizational and industrial relations structures -- the locus of strategic decision making; Temporal diversity; Employers' associations; A theory of employers' associations; Variations in the incidence and impact of employers' associations; Explanations. |
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Strategy and political economyThe power of the 'actors' in the industrial relations system; Supplementary influences; Material 'infrastructure'; Culture and ideology; The structure of industrial relations institutions; The timing and pace of industrialism; Conclusions; 4. Labour and trade unions; Theories of labour strategy and trade unionism; Strategies of labour: choices and constraints; Social 'action' and labour strategy; Choices, culture and ideology; The constraints of environment; Labour market segmentation; Power and strategies of employers, management and the state. |
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Labour strategy and the formation of trade unionsTrade unionism under collective bargaining; Trade union density; Trade union structure; Trade union government; Disjunctive-type trade unions with political, religious or nationalist objectives; Culture and ideology; Stage of industrialism; The role of the state; Trade unionism under socialism; Ideology, strategic choice and compromise; Decentralization: economy and polity; Culture, autonomy and 'Solidarity'; 5. Governments, political parties and the role of the state; A theory of the state; Definitions; Strategies of members of the state. |
| Summary |
This comparative study of industrial relations provides an analysis of a wide range of phenomena, with a view to uncovering the origins of national diversity. It takes into account the notion of strategic choice, set within a series of constraints of environment, organizational and institutional conditions and power relationships. The book:* Covers a wide range of examples from the UK, USA, France, Germany Italy, Sweden, Eastern Europe, Latin America, India and Japan* Includes a comprehensive analysis of management and employers' associations, labour and trades unions* Exam. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Industrial relations.
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Industrial relations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poole, Michael, 1943- Industrial relations 041531383X (OCoLC)709686443 |
| ISBN |
9781136518973 (electronic book) |
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1136518975 (electronic book) |
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041531383X |
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9780415313834 |
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