Trade unions and democracy
Subtitle: strategies and perspectives
By: Mark Harcourt and Geoffrey Wood, editors.
Contributors: Harcourt, Mark.; Wood, Geoffrey Edward.
Series: Perspectives on democratization.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Manchester; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 422
Subjects: Labor unions.; Labor unions -- Political activity.; Democracy.
Description: "This volume will be of interest to students and academics in industrial relations, critical management studies, political studies and sociology, as well as trade union and community activists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : trade unions and democracy : possibilities and contradictions ; Trade unions and theories of democracy / Geoffrey Wood; title: Neo-liberal reforms and accords : are they compatible with democracy? / Mark Harcourt; title: Trade unions and democracy : can the 'third way' recast the link? / Ian Roper; title: Trade unions and non-standard employment / Phil James; title: New forms of work and the representational gap : a Durban case study / Eddie Webster; title: The changing impact and strength of the labour movement in advanced societies / Mike Rigby, Roger Smith and Chris Brewster; title: The US and Canadian labour movements : markets vs. states and societies / John Godard; title: The rise and fall of the organizing model in the US / Richard W. Hurd; title: Union growth and reversal in newly industrialized countries : the case of South Korea and peripheral workers / David Peetz and Neal Ollett; title: The rise of unions in semi-industrialized countries : the cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe / Julianne Whiteley; title: Social movement unionism / Pauline Dibben; title: Trade unions and political parties / Phil James; title: Trade union democracy : the dynamics of different forms / Matt Flynn ... [et al.]; title: Trade unions, social partnerships and national business sytems / Kamel Mellahi and Geoffrey Wood; title: Engagement or disengagement? Unions and a new politics ; Conclusion : broadening democracy and the labour movement / Geoffrey Wood.