Comparative Industrial & Employment Relations / Edition 1

by Joris Ruysseveldt, Rien Huiskamp, Jacques J van Hoof

Overview

Comparing 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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803979673
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	11/13/1995
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.77(d)

Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Growing Cross-National Diversity or Growing Diversity tout court? An Introduction to Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations - Joris Van Ruysseveldt
Regulating the Employment Relationship - Rien Huiskamp
An Analytical Framework
PART TWO: INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A CHANGING EUROPE
Trade Unions from a Comparative Perspective - Jelle Visser
Employers and Employers' Associations - Frans van Waarden
Government Intervention in Industrial Relations - Frans van Waarden
PART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Collective Bargaining in Transition - Rien Huiskamp
Industrial Democracy, Employee Participation and Operational Autonomy - Rien Huiskamp
PART FOUR: WAGES, WORKING TIME AND QUALIFICATIONS
Wages from a European Perspective - David Marsden
Working Time and Time Resource Management - Willem de Lange
Labour Relations, Organization and Qualifications - Arndt Sorge
PART FIVE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS
New Production Technologies and Changing Work Systems - Arndt Sorge
The Crisis of Fordism - Ben Dankbaar
Restructuring in the Automobile Industry
Service Work in European Countries - Albert Mok and Kea Tijdens
Organization, Technology and Industrial Relations in Banking and Retailing

Editorial Reviews

‘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

‘Conceptually this book is very nicely organized.... In Part 2 there are chapters on trade unions (Jelle Visser), employers' associations (Frans van Waarden; one of the best essays I have ever read on this topic) and the state (also by van Waarden)' - Comparative Industrial Relations Newsletter

‘It is impossible in this review to discuss all the rich ideas contained in this comprehensive reader. Not only from its contents, but also from a didactic point of view, the book is excellent (for example the many explanatory panels) and is a useful tool for all researchers and teachers of industrial relations as well as for labour economists' - Economic and Industrial Democracy

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