Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilization, Collectivism, and Long Waves
- ISBN-10
- 0415186722
- ISBN-13
- 9780415186728
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 177
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Author
- John E. Kelly
Description
Presenting a wide-ranging and radical critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human-resource management, this book contains a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations, arguing that the area is often under-theorized and influenced by the policy agenda of the state or employers. The topics covered include central problems in industrial relations, the mobilization theory of collective action, the growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnership, and the history of worker collectivism. There is also discussion of postmodernism, and accounts of the end of the labour movement.
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