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Industrial relations : origins and patterns of national diversity /
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 con...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Routledge,
[2003, 1986]
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| Colección: | Routledge library editions. Economics. Labour economics and industrial relations ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.