Trade unions and workplace democracy in Africa
By: by Gerard Kester.
Series: Contemporary employment relations
Publisher: ASHGATE
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754649977
Subjects: Labor unions -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Political activity; Democracy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Post-independence labour relations in Africa; title: The development of workplace democracy; title: A theory of the dynamics of workplace democracy; title: Studying democratic participation in Africa; title: Conditions of work and employment; title: The trade union condition; title: The struggle for workplace democracy in Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali Guinea, Ghana and South Africa; title: "Statutory" workplace democracy in Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe; title: Managerial prerogatives versus participation prerogatives; title: The gender of trade union democratic participation in Ghana / by Akua Britwum; title: Towards more meaningful and effective workplace democracy; title: Building a trade union agenda; title: Trade unions and workplace democracy in a globalising economy.