Industrial Relations in Europe: Traditions and Transitions

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Through a coordinated analysis of industrial relations in specific European Nations, Industrial Relations in Europe offers a representative, up-to-date and dynamic understanding of the subject. Across the individual national case studies, a range of common elements are examined: + the differing roles of governments, business and labor as actors in the industrial relations system, and their mutual relationships + the dynamics of collective bargaining, conflict, consultation, and worker participation + the overall performance of industrial relations in economic, social, and political terms These issues are addressed within the wider context of changes affecting industrial relations in Europe in the 1990Æs: European unification, the globalization of production and markets, the fragmentation of societies in the post-industrial era, and the crisis of welfare states. Industrial Relations in Europe provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject that will be invaluable for students, scholars, and practitioners in economics, business and management, political science, sociology, or law.


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This textbook offers a broad-ranging introduction to the changing nature and context of industrial relations in contemporary Europe. Through a coordinated analysis of industrial relations in specific European nations, the book offers a representative, up-to-date and dynamic understanding of the subject. Across the individual national case studies, a range of common elements are examined: the differing roles of governments, business and labour as actors in the industrial relations system, and their mutual relationships; the dynamics of collective bargaining, conflict, consultation and worker participation; and the overall performance of industrial relations in economic, social and political terms. These issues are addressed within the wider context of changes affecting industrial relations in Europe in the 1990's: European unification, the globalization of production and markets, the information revolution, the destabilization of labour markets, the fragmentation of societies in the post-industrial era, and the crisis of welfare states. Industrial Relations in Europe provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject that will be invaluable for students, scholars and practitioners in economics, business and management, political science, sociology or law.


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