Comparative Industrial & Employment Relations [Paperback]

this comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to industrial and employment relations in the wider economic, technological and political context.

Throughout, employment relations are set within the framework of the overall relationships between firms, markets, interest organizations and governments. Topics addressed include: distinct theoretical approaches to analyzing industrial and employment relations; the role of interest groups and organized interests in the industrial relations system; differences in the level of government intervention in industrial relaComparing industrial and employment relations in different countries and identifying the elements of commonality across the range of national systems,

this comprehensive textbook provides an introduction to industrial and employment relations in the wider economic, technological and political context.

Throughout, employment relations are set within the framework of the overall relationships between firms, markets, interest organizations and governments. Topics addressed include: distinct theoretical approaches to analyzing industrial and employment relations; the role of interest groups and organized interests in the industrial relations system; differences in the level of government intervention in industrial rela`Overall the book is useful, not simply for reminding us of the continued salience of industrial relations, the employment relationship and the labour process, but also for showing that the future may see not convergence (even towards a Euro-model yet alone across a wider canvass) - diversity may even be increasing' - Asia Pacific Business Review

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