Industrial relations, occupational health Books
Bristol University Press Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in
Book SynopsisMuch of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalisation can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.Table of Contents1. The End of Labour? Rethinking the Labour Question in the Digital Age 2. Precarious Work after Apartheid: Experimenting with Alternative Forms of Representation in the Informal Sector - with Kally Forrest 3. Neo-liberalism comes to Johannesburg: Changing the Rules of the Game 4. Divided Workers, Divided Struggles: Entrenching Dualisation and the Struggle for Equalisation in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector - Lynford Dor 5. Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies - with Fikile Masikane 6. Crossing the Divide: Informal Workers and Trade Unions - with Carmen Ludwig 7. Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism - with Carmen Ludwig 8. Changing Sources of Power and the Future of Southern Labour
£77.39
Bristol University Press Recasting Workers' Power: Work and Inequality in
Book SynopsisMuch of the debate on the future of work has focused on responses to technological trends in the Global North, with little evidence on how these trends are impacting work and workers in the Global South. Drawing on a rich selection of ethnographic studies of precarious work in Africa, this innovative book discusses how globalisation and digitalisation are drivers for structural change and examines their implications for labour. Bringing together global labour studies and inequality studies, it explores the role of digital technology in new business models, and ways in which digitalisation can be harnessed for counter mobilisation by the new worker.Table of Contents1. The End of Labour? Rethinking the Labour Question in the Digital Age 2. Precarious Work after Apartheid: Experimenting with Alternative Forms of Representation in the Informal Sector - with Kally Forrest 3. Neo-liberalism comes to Johannesburg: Changing the Rules of the Game 4. Divided Workers, Divided Struggles: Entrenching Dualisation and the Struggle for Equalisation in South Africa’s Manufacturing Sector - Lynford Dor 5. Authoritarian Algorithmic Management: The Double-edged Sword of the Gig Economies - with Fikile Masikane 6. Crossing the Divide: Informal Workers and Trade Unions - with Carmen Ludwig 7. Global Capital, Global Labour: The Possibilities of Transnational Activism - with Carmen Ludwig 8. Changing Sources of Power and the Future of Southern Labour
£23.75
Bristol University Press The Politics of Migrant Labour: Exit, Voice, and
Book SynopsisThe turnover of labour and its significance for workers and employers has usually been considered at the organizational level as individual exit behaviour, and seldom in relation to the cross-border mobility practices of migrant workers within and without the workplace. Drawing from labour process theory, the autonomy of migration, social reproduction, and industrial relations, this book explores the relationship between labour mobility and international migration under a global and historical perspective. Uncovering both the individual and collective actions by migrants inside and outside worker organizations, the authors develop a new understanding of migrants’ everyday mobilities as creative and life-sustaining strategies of social reproduction and labour conflict.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Migration and Labour Turnover 1. Theorizing Labour Mobility Power 2. The Logistics of Living Labour 3. Enclaves of Differentiated Labour 4. The Field of Social Reproduction 5. Migrant Organizing Conclusion: Rethinking Worker Power Through Mobility
£76.50
Bristol University Press Labour Conflicts in the Digital Age: A
Book SynopsisFrom Deliveroo to Amazon, digital platforms have drastically transformed the way we work. But how are these transformations being received and challenged by workers? This book provides a radical interpretation of the changing nature of worker movements in the digital age, developing an invaluable approach that combines social movement studies and industrial relations. Using case studies taken from Europe and North America, it offers a comparative perspective on the mobilizing trajectories of different platform workers and their distinct organizational forms and action repertoires. This is an innovative book that offers a complete view of the new labour conflicts in the platform economy.Table of Contents1. Class and Contention: Social Movement Studies and Labour Studies 2. The New World of Digital Work: Structural Changes and Labour Recomposition 3. Challenges to Collective Action in Digital Work 4. Organizing the Collective Action of Digital Workers 5. Worker Collective Identity and Solidarity in Action in the Digital Age 6. Labour Conflicts in the Digital Age: Some Conclusions
£76.00
Bristol University Press The Value of Industrial Relations: Contemporary
Book SynopsisPublished in collaboration with BUIRA, this book provides a critical review of the field of industrial relations (IR) and evaluates its future in the rapidly evolving world of work. Written by key names in IR, the book captures the significant transformations that have taken place within the field over the past decade. It traces the historical development of IR, exploring its ongoing impact on our lives. The chapters delve into various aspects, including union organization and mobilization, the influence of new technology, and the examination of intersectionality in the context of work and employment. This is an invaluable resource for academics and students of employment and industrial relations, as well as HR professionals, trade union organizations and representatives.Table of Contents1. Introduction - Stephen Mustchin and Andy Hodder 2. Frames of Reference - Edmund Heery 3. Capitalist Crises and Industrial Relations Theorising – Guglielmo Meardi 4. ‘Embedded Bedfellows: Industrial Relations and (analytical) HRM - Tony Dundon and Adrian Wilkinson 5. Trade Unions in a Changing World of Work – Melanie Simms 6. Expanding the Boundaries of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study: The Role of ‘New Actors’ – Steve Williams 7. The State and Industrial Relations: Debates, Concerns, and Contradictions in the Forging of Regulatory Change in the United Kingdom – Miguel Martínez Lucio and Robert MacKenzie 8. Labour Markets – Jill Rubery 9. Industrial Relations and Labour Law: Recovery of a Shared Tradition? – Ruth Dukes and Eleanor Kirk 10. Conflict and Industrial Action – Gregor Gall 11. Exploring ‘New’ Forms of Work Organisation: The Case of Parcel Delivery in the UK – Sian Moore, Kirsty Newsome and Stefanie Williamson 12. Intersectionality and Industrial Relations – Anne McBride and Jenny Rodriguez
£72.00
Broadview Press Ltd Micropolitics and Canadian Business: Paper,
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£31.44
Texas A & M University Press Labor, Civil Rights, and the Hughes Tool Company
Book SynopsisOn July 12, 1964, in a momentous decision, the National Labor Relations Board decertified the racially segregated Independent Metal Workers Union as the collective bargaining agent at Houston's mammoth Hughes Tool Company. The unanimous decision ending nearly fifty years of Jim Crow unionism at the company marked the first ruling in the Labor Board's history that racial discrimination by a union violated the National Labor Relations Act and was therefore illegal. This ruling was for black workers the equivalent of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the Supreme Court in the area of education. Botson traces the Jim Crow unionism of the company and the efforts of black union activists to bring civil rights issues into the workplace. His analysis clearly demonstrates that without federal intervention, workers at Hughes Tool would never have been able to overcome management's opposition to unionization and to racial equality. Drawing on interviews with many of the principals, as well as extensive mining of company and legal archives, Botson's study ""captures a moment in time when a segment of Houston's working-class seized the initiative and won economic and racial justice in their work place.
£34.36
Temple University Press,U.S. Labor's Story In The United States
Book SynopsisIn this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in twenty years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the twentieth century, Labor's Story in the United States looks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. In clear, unpretentious language, Philip Yale Nicholson considers American labor history from the perspective of institutions and people: the rise of unions, the struggles over slavery, wages, and child labor, public and private responses to union organizing. Throughout, the book focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States what it is today. Labor's Story in the United States will become an indispensable source for scholars and students.Trade Review"We have long needed a lively and intelligent history of the labor movement in the United States, and Philip Yale Nicholson gives us just that. He provides a rich historical context, and a refreshing class consciousness. I believe this book will be invaluable in educating a new generation about a much neglected and crucial part of the nation's history."-Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "This is a wonderfully comprehensive narrative of American labor, full of insight and shrewd judgments. It will be exceedingly useful in the classroom."-Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor "Nicholson's history of labor is the story of the evolving dynamics of democracy and equality, and it could serve as a general history of the United States from the bottom-up perspective... Labor's Story in the United States is balanced, thoroughly supported, and accessible to an undergraduate or popular readership. Equally important, it is written by a scholar who cares about the people whose story he tells."-WorkingUSA "Nicholson's style is clear and readable, and students were especially engaged by his discussion of the power of capital to shape American culture... [a] monumental work that prods us to consider the fate of labor and democracy."-Labor Studies JournalTable of ContentsPreface1. European and Colonial Foundations to 17602. Labor and Liberty in the Formation of the Nation, 1760-18303. Great Contrasts: Factory and Field, Slavery and Democracy, Civil War, 1830-18654. The Heroic Age of Labor; The Days of the "Martyrs and the Saints," 1865-18935. Challenges and Responses, 1893-19136. Bang, Boom, Bust: The Great War, Jazz Age, and Great Crash, 1914-19327. Labor Valued: The New Deal and War, 1933-19478. Constructing Consensus: Labor in the Cold War, 1945-19689. Labor and the Corporate State, 1969-199210. Labor's Recent Past and the Future of Democracy
£61.60
Temple University Press,U.S. Out Of The Jungle: Jimmy Hoffa And The Remaking
Book SynopsisIn Out of the Jungle, historian Thaddeus Russell gives us a detailed, crisply written, and fascinating account of Jimmy Hoffa's life and times, much of it previously untold. Russell argues that Hoffa was compelled by a variety of social forces to place the economic interests of his union members over broad ideological concerns. The most important of those forces was the demonstrated desire of ordinary Teamsters to improve their material lives. \u0022What do you hire us for,\u0022 he famously asked a meeting of truck drivers, \u0022if not to sell your labor at the highest buck we can get?\u0022 He responded to the rank-and-file members' demands as did none of his contemporaries in the labor movement, seeking financial gain with the mercilessness that made him renowned and feared. This new paperback edition will be most cherished by students of labor history and American studies.Trade Review"[T]he Teamsters, the largest A.F.L. affiliate... has been understudied... Russell's motives in seeking to redress this imbalance are certainly commendable."-Maurice Isserman, The New York Times Book Review "[A] well-researched study of the longtime Teamsters leader...[that] could put Hoffa back on the historical map for a new generation of students of labor history."-Publishers Weekly "An unexpectedly enthralling account of Jimmy Hoffa's tactics and aspirations... Russell's history of the Teamsters under Hoffa illustrates the vibrancy of the labor movement-for better or worse-during the middle 50 years of the 20th century."-Kirkus Reviews "In this gripping biography of Jimmy Hoffa... Thaddeus Russell launches a vigorous attack on the reigning orthodoxy in labor history."-David L. Chappell, Newsday "Russell bravely challenges the received wisdom of the left, the right, and the morally earnest center. If you want to get serious about the real meaning of class in the last century, read this gracefully yet powerfully argued book."-Nelson Lichtenstein "Out of the Jungle delivers a much-needed and more nuanced understanding of a tumultuous period in the history of...the nation."-John Gallagher, Detroit News/Free Press "...strongly recommended reading."-The Midwest Book Review's Bookwatch "I do believe that Russell's history of the Teamsters under Jimmy Hoffa has, strangely, become even more relevant in recent years."-Working USATable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. American Soil2. Jungle Unionism3. The Limits of Brotherhood4. The Wages of War5. The Price of Peace6. A New Man of Power7. The Making of a "Labor Boss"8. Jungle Politics9. The Enemy Within10. Remaking the American Working Class11. Crucifixion of an AntichristEpilogue: ResurrectionNotesIndex
£21.59
Temple University Press,U.S. Labor'S War At Home: The Cio In World War Ii
Book SynopsisLabor's War at Home examines a critical period in American politics and labor history, beginning with the outbreak of war in Europe in 1939 through the wave of major industrial strikes that followed the war and accompanied the reconversion to a peacetime economy. Nelson Lichtenstein is concerned both with the internal organizations and social dynamics of the labor movement-especially the Congress of Industrial Organizations-and with the relationship between the CIO, as well as other bodies of organized labor, and the Roosevelt administration. He argues that tensions within the labor movement and within the ranks of American business profoundly affected government policy during the war and the nature of organized labor's political relations with Roosevelt and the Democratic Party. Moreover, the political arrangements worked out during the war established the foundations of social stability and labor politics that came to characterize the postwar world.Trade Review"An impressive work which offers a useful perspective on the origins of the crisis the labor movement faces."-The Nation "[Lichtenstein's] research remains a significant contribution... for drawing attention to the critical importance of events that transpired for labor during what Eric Goldman thirty years ago labeled 'the crucial decade.'"-Walter Licht, Reviews in American History "Lichtenstein has compiled a splendid, well-researched book, written in an engaging and confident style. He effectively analyzes the search for labor stability during the war and, most important, what the implications were for trades unionism in the United States after 1945."-The Economic History Review "This book is essential reading for students of American labor."-Craig A. Zabala, Contemporary Sociology "Lichtenstein's... interpretation of the CIO's wartime experience is always provocative and frequently compelling."-Cletus E. Daniel, The American Historical Review "[Lichtenstein's] book represents an important addition not only to labor history but to political history as well."-James R. Barrett, The Journal of Economic History "[Labor's War at Home] is grounded in a wide range of primary sources... Lichtenstein hopes to salvage from the war years a lesson for the militants of today."-Alan Clive, The Journal of American History "[M]ore than an interpretation of the labor movement in the 1940's, it is a detailed analysis of the struggle and a reminder of what happens when a radical movement is absorbed into the state."-Berkeley Journal of Employment and Labor LawTable of ContentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction to the New EditionPreface1. Introduction2. The Unfinished Struggle3. CIO Politics on the Eve of War4. "Responsible Unionism"5. Union Security and the Little Steel Formula6. "Equality of Sacrifice"7. The Social Ecology of Shop-Floor Conflict8. Incentive Pay Politics9. Holding the Line10. The Bureaucratic Imperative11. Reconversion Politics12. Epilogue: Labor in Postwar AmericaNotesBibliographical EssayIndex
£24.29
Temple University Press,U.S. Labor's Story In The United States
Book SynopsisIn this, the first broad historical overview of labor in the United States in twenty years, Philip Nicholson examines anew the questions, the villains, the heroes, and the issues of work in America. Unlike recent books that have covered labor in the twentieth century, Labor's Story in the United States looks at the broad landscape of labor since before the Revolution. In clear, unpretentious language, Philip Yale Nicholson considers American labor history from the perspective of institutions and people: the rise of unions, the struggles over slavery, wages, and child labor, public and private responses to union organizing. Throughout, the book focuses on the integral relationship between the strength of labor and the growth of democracy, painting a vivid picture of the strength of labor movements and how they helped make the United States what it is today. Labor's Story in the United States will become an indispensable source for scholars and students.Trade Review"We have long needed a lively and intelligent history of the labor movement in the United States, and Philip Yale Nicholson gives us just that. He provides a rich historical context, and a refreshing class consciousness. I believe this book will be invaluable in educating a new generation about a much neglected and crucial part of the nation's history."-Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "This is a wonderfully comprehensive narrative of American labor, full of insight and shrewd judgments. It will be exceedingly useful in the classroom."-Nelson Lichtenstein, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of State of the Union: A Century of American Labor "Nicholson's history of labor is the story of the evolving dynamics of democracy and equality, and it could serve as a general history of the United States from the bottom-up perspective... Labor's Story in the United States is balanced, thoroughly supported, and accessible to an undergraduate or popular readership. Equally important, it is written by a scholar who cares about the people whose story he tells."-WorkingUSA "Nicholson's style is clear and readable, and students were especially engaged by his discussion of the power of capital to shape American culture... [a] monumental work that prods us to consider the fate of labor and democracy."-Labor Studies JournalTable of ContentsPreface1. European and Colonial Foundations to 17602. Labor and Liberty in the Formation of the Nation, 1760-18303. Great Contrasts: Factory and Field, Slavery and Democracy, Civil War, 1830-18654. The Heroic Age of Labor; The Days of the "Martyrs and the Saints," 1865-18935. Challenges and Responses, 1893-19136. Bang, Boom, Bust: The Great War, Jazz Age, and Great Crash, 1914-19327. Labor Valued: The New Deal and War, 1933-19478. Constructing Consensus: Labor in the Cold War, 1945-19689. Labor and the Corporate State, 1969-199210. Labor's Recent Past and the Future of Democracy
£34.00
Temple University Press,U.S. The University Against Itself: The NYU Strike and
Book SynopsisThe essays in this book, written by people involved either involved in the strike (graduate students, faculty, organizers) or who are nationally recognized writers on academic labor, offers lessons on what the GSOC strike says about the current role of the university in public life, and how the pressure for universities to realign themselves along the lines of private corporations has broad implications for the future of higher education.Trade Review"It studies NYU specifically and universities in general, offering a solid reassessment of corporate growth in higher education, while exploring how to fight for better universities through collective action. Blessedly free of jargon and unforgiving in its critique, this book speaks powerfully to any faculty member interested in retaining academic freedom, shared governance, dignity on the job, or just the job itself... thought-provoking." Academe "[A] set of thoughtful reflections by strike proponents about the corporate university... The University Against Itself is at its best precisely when the authors capture the continuing tension between the academic and corporate characteristics of the emerging corporate academy." The Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Jan 2009 "Although these are not the first labor or social movement examinations to generate predictive analyses, existing literatures remain relatively sparse, and therefore, these pieces constitute a welcome addition to a growing body of work, particularly in terms of expanding research in the areas of movement repertoire and tactical innovation. In sum, I highly recommend this thoughtfully organized and well-written volume for the relevant conversations it includes as well as the ones it will inspire for people interested in the labor movement and/or higher education." - Contemporary Sociology January 2010Table of ContentsThe University Against Itself: The NYU Strike and the Future of the Academic Workplace Edited by Monika Krause, Mary Nolan, Michael Palm and Andrew Ross Table of ContentsIntroductionPart I: Corporate University?Ashley Dawson and Penny Lewis, NYC: Academic Labor Town? Ellen Schrecker, Academic Freedom in the Age of CasualizationMary Nolan, A Leadership University for the Twenty-first Century? Corporate Administration, Contingent labor, and the Erosion of Faculty RightsChristopher Newfield and Greg Grandin, Building a Statue of Smoke: The NYU Trustees, Finance Culture, and the Demotion of Intellectual LaborStephen Duncombe and Sarah Nash, ICE From the Ashes of FIRE: NYU and the Economy of Culture in New York CityAdam Green, The High Cost of Learning: Tuition, Educational Aid, and the New Economics of Prestige in Higher EducationMicki McGee, Blue Team, Gray Team: Some Varieties of the Contingent Faculty ExperiencePart II: GSOC StrikeUnions at NYU, 1971-2007Susan Valentine, The Administration Strikes Back: Union Busting at NYUSteve Fletcher, “Bad News for Academic Labor? Lessons in Media Strategy from the GSOC StrikeMaggie Clinton, Miabi Chatterji, Sherene Seikaly, Natasha Lightfoot, Naomi Schiller, “If Not Now, When? Lessons Learned from GSOC's 2005-6 Strike”Jeff Goodwin, faculty Andrew Cornell, Undergraduate Participation in Campus Labor Coalitions: Lessons from the NYU StrikeMatthew Osypowski (with Adam Graham Silverman), Operation Class-move Part III: Lessons for the FutureThe State of the Academic Labor Movement: A Roundtable with Stanley Aronowitz, Barbara Bowen and Ed Ott, Moderated by Kitty KrupatAndrew Ross, Global UMonika Krause, and Michael Palm, Activists into organizers! How to Work with Your Colleagues and Build Power in Graduate School Gordon Lafer , Sorely Needed: A Corporate Campaign for the Corporate UniversityCary Nelson, Graduate Employee Unionization and the Future of Academic Labor
£23.79
New Village Press Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People's Power
Book SynopsisThe story of a union organizer who found a second career in community organizing and helped a Jim Crow city become a better place. Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that people’s coalitions can make to the struggle for equality and freedom. Thompson cut his teeth organizing one of the great industrial unions, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and brought his organizing skills and commitment to coalition building to Orange, New Jersey. He built a strong organization and skillfully led fights for school desegregation, black political representation, and strong government in a city he initially thought of as a “dirty Jim Crow town going nowhere.” Thompson came to love the City of Orange and its caring citizens, seeing in its struggles a microcosm of America. This story of people’s power is meant for all who struggle for human rights, economic opportunity, decent housing, effective education, and a chance for children to have a better life. Ernest Thompson (1906-1971) grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on a farm that had been given to his family at the end of the Civil War. The family was very poor and oppressed by racist practices. Thompson was determined to get away and to obtain power. He migrated to Jersey City, where he became part of the union organizing movement that built the Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). He became the first African American to hold a fulltime organizing position with his union, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). He eventually headed UE’s innovative Fair Employment Practices program and fought for equal rights and pay for women and minority workers. Thompson also helped build the National Negro Labor Council, 1951-1956, and served as its director of organizing. In 1956, under the onslaught of the McCarthy era, UE was split in two, and Thompson lost his job. His wife, Margaret Thompson, brought the local school segregation to his attention. Ernie “Home” Thompson organized to desegregate the regional schools, building strong coalitions and political power for the black community that ultimately served all the people of Orange.Trade Review"Thompson helped people see that what’s morally right is politically astute and that the racist and classist power structures you are fighting against want nothing more than for you to fight among yourselves, rather than organize. Organizing, when it’s done right, when people really listen to themselves and each other, isn’t just about winning a race or a campaign. It is a collective act of love. More than anything, Ernie Thompson shows us how to love." -- Robert Sullivan * author, My American Revolution *"Homeboy Came to Orange is an essential read for anyone who wants to organize for change in their towns, schools, churches or communities. It is a story that is at once inspiring, challenging, and unwavering." -- Terri Baltimore * Director of Community Engagement, Hill House Association *"The re-release of Ernie Thompson's book about his rich life as an anti-racism union organizer should be read by young (and other) human beings who have decided to hold church in the streets, courts, state houses, and ballot boxes in the south (and other) parts of the U.S., against the white nationalism of the fake GOP." -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, * co-director of the New Poor People's Campaign, architect of the Moral Monday Movement, and past president of the NC NAACP. *"This book encourages the reader to not be complacent with injustice anywhere and to draw from their own strengths to build coalitions that work to actualize a People's Democracy rooted in universal equality (equity)." -- Rev. Dr. Anika Whitfield of Little Rock
£15.29
New Village Press Homeboy Came to Orange: A Story of People's Power
Book SynopsisThe story of a union organizer who found a second career in community organizing and helped a Jim Crow city become a better place. Ernest Thompson dedicated his life to organizing the powerless. This lively, illustrated personal narrative of his work shows the great contribution that people’s coalitions can make to the struggle for equality and freedom. Thompson cut his teeth organizing one of the great industrial unions, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, and brought his organizing skills and commitment to coalition building to Orange, New Jersey. He built a strong organization and skillfully led fights for school desegregation, black political representation, and strong government in a city he initially thought of as a “dirty Jim Crow town going nowhere.” Thompson came to love the City of Orange and its caring citizens, seeing in its struggles a microcosm of America. This story of people’s power is meant for all who struggle for human rights, economic opportunity, decent housing, effective education, and a chance for children to have a better life. Ernest Thompson (1906-1971) grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, on a farm that had been given to his family at the end of the Civil War. The family was very poor and oppressed by racist practices. Thompson was determined to get away and to obtain power. He migrated to Jersey City, where he became part of the union organizing movement that built the Congress of Industrial Unions (CIO). He became the first African American to hold a fulltime organizing position with his union, the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE). He eventually headed UE’s innovative Fair Employment Practices program and fought for equal rights and pay for women and minority workers. Thompson also helped build the National Negro Labor Council, 1951-1956, and served as its director of organizing. In 1956, under the onslaught of the McCarthy era, UE was split in two, and Thompson lost his job. His wife, Margaret Thompson, brought the local school segregation to his attention. Ernie “Home” Thompson organized to desegregate the regional schools, building strong coalitions and political power for the black community that ultimately served all the people of Orange.Trade Review"Thompson helped people see that what’s morally right is politically astute and that the racist and classist power structures you are fighting against want nothing more than for you to fight among yourselves, rather than organize. Organizing, when it’s done right, when people really listen to themselves and each other, isn’t just about winning a race or a campaign. It is a collective act of love. More than anything, Ernie Thompson shows us how to love." -- Robert Sullivan * author, My American Revolution *"Homeboy Came to Orange is an essential read for anyone who wants to organize for change in their towns, schools, churches or communities. It is a story that is at once inspiring, challenging, and unwavering." -- Terri Baltimore * Director of Community Engagement, Hill House Association *"The re-release of Ernie Thompson's book about his rich life as an anti-racism union organizer should be read by young (and other) human beings who have decided to hold church in the streets, courts, state houses, and ballot boxes in the south (and other) parts of the U.S., against the white nationalism of the fake GOP." -- Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, * co-director of the New Poor People's Campaign, architect of the Moral Monday Movement, and past president of the NC NAACP. *"This book encourages the reader to not be complacent with injustice anywhere and to draw from their own strengths to build coalitions that work to actualize a People's Democracy rooted in universal equality (equity)." -- Rev. Dr. Anika Whitfield of Little Rock
£68.00
New Village Press In the Struggle: Scholars and the Fight against
Book SynopsisA call to action in an ongoing battle against industrial agriculture From the early twentieth century and across generations to the present, In the Struggle brings together the stories of eight politically engaged scholars, documenting their opposition to industrial-scale agribusiness in California. As the narrative unfolds, their previously censored and suppressed research, together with personal accounts of intimidation and subterfuge, is introduced into the public arena for the first time. In the Struggle lays out historic, subterranean confrontations over water rights, labor organizing, and the corruption of democratic principles and public institutions. As California’s rural economy increasingly consolidates into the hands of land barons and corporations, the scholars’ work shifts from analyzing problems and formulating research methods to organizing resistance and building community power. Throughout their engagement, they face intense political blowback as powerful economic interests work to pollute and undermine scientific inquiry and the civic purposes of public universities. The findings and the pressure put upon the work of these scholars—Paul Taylor, Ernesto Galarza, and Isao Fujimoto among them—are a damning indictment of the greed and corruption that flourish under industrial-scale agriculture. After almost a century of empirical evidence and published research, a definitive finding becomes clear: land consolidation and economic monopoly are fundamentally detrimental to democracy and the well-being of rural societies.Trade Review"In the Struggle is a definitive study of the forces that have shaped the politics, environment, and economics of the San Joaquin Valley, one of earth’s precious areas that produces the fruits and vegetables that feed the world, yet where workers and their families are relegated to poverty, and the land is desecrated by poisons and contamination. Agribusiness corporations want to replicate this model throughout the world, and this book gives us practical, attainable solutions to fight back. We are all the beneficiaries of the harvest; we all have to take action for land justice, farmworkers’ rights, and a healthy environment." -- —Dolores Huerta, Cofounder, United Farm Workers; Founding President, Dolores Huerta Foundation"In the Struggle is a devastating indictment against California's agribusiness and just as importantly, the various institutions, including the University of California, that are implicated in enabling its stranglehold over the lives of far too many Californians. It is also a wonderful primer on community-engaged research drawing from the courageous praxis of those who dared to speak truth to power; it is a must-read for activist-scholars." -- Robyn Magalit Rodriguez, author of Migrants for Export: How the Philippine State Brokers Workers to the World and Founding Director, Bulosan Center for Filipinx Studies"Years ago, when I was president of the Association of American Law Schools, I chose as the theme for our annual conference, ‘Engaged Scholarship.’ In the Struggle illustrates the importance of keeping our work grounded and why I chose that theme. In a series of gripping and illuminating chapters, Daniel J. O'Connell and Scott J. Peters put us in conversation with the scholars who were pivotal in pulling back the curtain on California agribusiness and populated the landscape with real people, with real lives, with real dignity. It is rare for a work of scholarship to be so moving. This is one of those books." -- Gerald Torres, Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of the Environment, Yale Law School"This sure-footed book follows a breed of scholars who pried open the secrets of California's Central Valley. In the dust of the most industrialized farm belt in the world, they found that the plantation South—its lords and serfs, its brutal execution—had come West. Their long battle for justice is not yet won. But their ample lessons are ripe for picking by a new generation's fighters." -- Mark Arax, author of The Dreamt Land"In the Struggle is required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the devastating impacts of agribusiness’ powerful hold on the San Joaquin Valley of California. By telling the stories of resistance through the eyes of the scholar activists whose research documents these harms, the book brings this critical historical record to life." -- Mary Louise Frampton, Professor, University of California Davis School of Law & Counsel, National Land for People"This book is SO IMPORTANT, because it is about the future of agriculture, informed by scholars who defended the foundations of agrarian democracy in California. They knew that the future of agriculture was not about ‘get big or get out’ and ‘farm fence-row to fence-row,’ it is about diverse, equitable communities and self-renewing, self-regulating natural systems!" -- Frederick Kirschenmann, Distinguished Fellow, Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University"In the Struggle is an urgent read for anyone who cares about the enduring damage wrought by California’s industrial agriculture. The intimate narratives of scholar-activists remind us that research is critical in the fight for social and economic justice and is also dangerous business. Together the quilt of stories provides detailed evidence of the widespread negative impacts of industrial agriculture and how scholars allied with farmworker movements and communities who aim to tell these truths have been censured, silenced, and threatened—by industry, government, and the very academic institutions in which they work. Yet, In the Struggle also brings joy and hope through the personal narratives of life-long seekers of truth and justice." -- Erica Kohl-Arenas, author of The Self-Help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty; Faculty Director, Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life
£64.00
University Press of Mississippi Striking Performances/Performing Strikes
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£26.96
University of Arkansas Press Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919
Book SynopsisOn September 30, 1919, local law enforcement in rural Phillips County, Arkansas, attacked black sharecroppers at a meeting of the Progressive Farmers and Household Union of America. The next day, hundreds of white men from the Delta, along with US Army troops, converged on the area 'with blood in their eyes.' What happened next was one of the deadliest incidents of racial violence in the history of the United States, leaving a legacy of trauma and silence that has persisted for more than a century. In the wake of the massacre, the NAACP and Little Rock lawyer Scipio Jones spearheaded legal action that revolutionized due process in America. The first edition of Grif Stockley's Blood in Their Eyes, published in 2001, brought renewed attention to the Elaine Massacre and sparked valuable new studies on racial violence and exploitation in Arkansas and beyond. With contributions from fellow historians Brian K. Mitchell and Guy Lancaster, this revised edition draws from recently uncovered source material and explores in greater detail the actions of the mob, the lives of those who survived the massacre, and the regime of fear and terror that prevailed under Jim Crow.Trade ReviewThis expanded edition of Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919 is a valuable resource for coming to grips with one of the most significant episodes of racial violence in Arkansas and US history. Building on Grif Stockley’s pathbreaking first edition, Stockley, Mitchell, and Lancaster offer further analysis that incorporates newly uncovered sources, subsequent historical scholarship, and other recent developments in the efforts to excavate what occurred in Phillips County, Arkansas, in 1919. Their thoughtful, essential scholarship draws from a deep and probing knowledge of Arkansas and southern history. Their book is one of the best local studies of American racial violence that I have read." —Michael J. Pfeifer, author of Rough Justice: Lynching and American Society, 1874--1947
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AU Press Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces
Book SynopsisThis textbook provides workers and students with an introduction to effective injury prevention. It pays particular attention to how issues of precarious employment, gender, and ill-health can be better handled in Canadian occupational health and safety (OHS). Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces offers an extensive overview of central OHS concepts and practices and provides practical suggestions for health and safety advocacy. It attempts to bring OHS into a twenty-first century context by discussing contemporary workplaces and the health effects of new work processes and structures while recognizing that safety has gendered and racialized dimensions. Foster and Barnetson contend that the practice of occupational health and safety can only be understood if we acknowledge that workers and employers have conflicting interests.
£23.39
Wits University Press Labour Beyond Cosatu: Mapping the rupture in
Book SynopsisLabour Beyond Cosatu is the fifth publication in the Taking Democracy Seriously project which started in 1994 and comprises of surveys of the opinions, attitudes and lifestyles of members of trade unions affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). This survey was conducted shortly before the elections in 2014, in a context in which government economic policy had not fundamentally shifted to the left and the massacre of 34 mineworkers at Marikana by the South African Police Service had fundamentally shaken the labour landscape, with mineworkers not only striking against their employers, but also their union, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Cosatu leaders had started to openly criticise levels of corruption in the State, while a ‘tectonic shift’ took place when the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) was expelled from Cosatu at the end of 2014.In its analysis of the survey, Labour Beyond Cosatu shows that Cosatu, fragmented and weakened through fi ssures in its alliance with the African National Congress, is no longer the only dominant force infl uencing South Africa’s labour landscape. Contributors also examine aspects such as changing patterns of class; workers’ incomes and their lifestyles; workers’ relationship to civil society movements and service delivery protests; and the politics of male power and privilege in trade unions.The trenchant analysis in Labour Beyond Cosatu exhibits fiercely independent and critically engaged labour scholarship, in the face of shifting alliances currently shaping the contestation between authoritarianism and democracy.Trade ReviewLabour Beyond Cosatu goes well beyond the previous volumes of the Taking Democracy Seriously project in some of its sorties, and is not shy of pulling its punches in what is now a highly charged environment. Deeply sympathetic to the project of organised labour yet highly critical of its present trajectory, this collection deserves to attract wide attention internationally as well as domestically."" — Roger Southall, Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg""South Africa’s working class movement is still powerful, but pressurised and polarised due to major shifts in its structure, base and forms of struggle. This timely, rigorously researched collection draws attention to key developments within Cosatu and beyond ... Highly recommended."" — Lucien van der Walt, Professor of Sociology, Rhodes University, South AfricaTable of Contents Preface Andries Bezuidenhout and Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 1 Democracy and the rupture in South Africa’s labour landscape Andries Bezuidenhout and Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 2 Research in a highly charged environment: Taking Democracy Seriously, 2014 Ntsehiseng Nthejane, Sandla Nomvete, Boitumelo Malope and Bianca Tame Chapter 3 The social character of labour politics Ari Sitas Chapter 4 Is Cosatu still a working-class movement? Andries Bezuidenhout, Christine Bischoff and Ntsehiseng Nthejane Chapter 5 Labour aristocracy or marginal labour elite? Cosatu members’ income, other sources of livelihood and household support Christine Bischoff and Bianca Tame Chapter 6 The politics of alliance and the 2014 elections Janet Cherry, Nkosinathi Jikeka and Tumi Malope Chapter 7 Cosatu, service delivery, civil society and the politics of community Janet Cherry Chapter 8 The politics of male power and privilege in trade unions: Understanding sexual harassment in Cosatu Malehoko Tshoaedi Chapter 9 Internal democracy in Cosatu: Achievements and challenges Johann Maree Chapter 10 Public sector unions in Cosatu Christine Bischoff and Johann Maree Chapter 11 Are Cosatu’s public sector unions too powerful? Johann Maree and Christine Bischoff Chapter 12 Labour beyond Cosatu, other federations and independent unions Andries Bezuidenhout
£24.30
Athabasca University Press Class Warrior: The Selected Works of E. T.
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Liverpool University Press Knights Across the Atlantic: The Knights of Labor
Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library.The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor, the first national movement of the American working class, began in Philadelphia in 1869. Millions of Americans, white and black, men and women, became Knights between that date and 1917. But the Knights also spread beyond the borders of the United States and even beyond North America. Knights Across the Atlantic tells for the first time the full story of the Knights of Labor in Britain and Ireland, where they operated between 1883 and the end of the century. British and Irish Knights drew on the resources of their vast Order to establish a chain of branches through England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland that numbered more than 10,000 members at its peak. They drew on the fraternal ritual, industrial tactics, organisational models, and political concerns of their American Order and interpreted them in British and Irish conditions. They faced many of the same enemies, including hostile employers and rival trade unions. Unlike their American counterparts they organised only a handful of women at most. But British and Irish Knights left a profound imprint on subsequent British labour history. They helped inspire the British “New Unionists” of the 1890s. They influenced the movement for working-class politics, independent of Liberals and Conservatives alike, that soon led to the British Labour Party. Knights Across the Atlantic brings all these themes together. It provides new insights into relationships between class and gender, and places the Knights of Labor squarely at the heart of British and Irish as well as American history at the end of the nineteenth century.Trade ReviewReviews 'Well-researched and well-argued, the author extends our understanding of the U.S.-based Knights of Labor to an international arena, while all the time offering a judicious, original interpretation of comparative labor and political development.' Leon Fink, University of Illinois'This is a further offering in Neville Kirk's excellent 'Studies in Labour History' series. In this book comparisons of American and British trade unions are made and the issue of American exceptionalism is addressed in a refreshing and engaging way. [...] In his well-researched book Steven Parfitt has extended our knowledge of the Knights of Labor and given us valuable information about an important transnational development of which very little has been written.'Pat Kelly, Scottish Labour HistoryTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The World of the Knights of Labor1 Origins2 The Rise of a Transnational Movement3 Organisation, Culture and Gender4 The Knights in Industry5 The Knights and Politics6 The Knights and the Unions7 The Fall of a Transnational MovementConclusion: The Knights of Labor in Britain and IrelandAppendix: List of Known Assemblies of the Knights of Labor in England, Scotland, Wales and IrelandBibliographyIndex
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook on the Future of Work and
Book SynopsisThe broad field of employment relations is diverse and complex and is under constant development and reinvention. This Research Handbook discusses fundamental theories and approaches to work and employment relations, and their connection to broader political and societal changes occurring throughout the world. It provides comprehensive coverage of work and employment relations theory and practice. This up-to-date research compendium has drawn together a range of international authors from diverse disciplinary backgrounds. There are chapters from labor historians, theoreticians, more mainstream industrial relations scholars, sociologists, organizational psychologists, geographers, policy advisors, economists and lawyers. At the heart of each chapter is the notion that the world of work and employment relations has changed substantially since the halcyon days of IR, throughout the Dunlop Era of the 1950s. However many areas of enquiry remain, and more questions have developed with society and technology. This Handbook reflects this view. As the field of study and practice continues to evolve throughout the twenty-first century - what lessons have we learned from the past and what can we expect in the future? Academics and postgraduate students researching industrial relations, human resource management, employment relations, industrial sociology and sociology of work will find this important resource invaluable.Trade Review‘This is an enlightening text on the subject of employment and work relations that will be useful for students in economics, specifically those studying labor relations.’ -- Lucy Heckman, American Reference Books Annual 2012Table of ContentsContents: 1. The Changing Face of Work and Employment Relations Adrian Wilkinson and Keith Townsend PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS THEORY 2. The Future of Employment Relations: Insights from Theory Bruce E. Kaufman 3. Finding the Future in the Past? The Social Philosophy of Oxford Industrial Relations Pluralism Peter Ackers PART II: ACTORS 4. The State and Employment Relations Jason Heyes and Ian Clark 5. Union Strategy and Circumstance: Bank to the Future and Forward to the Past? Gregor Gall 6. Concerted Capital: Understanding Employer Interests and the Role of Employer Coordination in Contemporary Employment Relations Michael Barry 7. New and Emerging Actors in Work and Employment Relations: The Case of Civil Society Organizations Steve Williams, Brian Abbott and Edmund Heery 8. Employment Relations and Managerial Work: An International Perspective John Hassard, Leo McCann and Jonathan Morris PART III: RETHINKING LABOUR 9. Skills in the Twenty-first Century Organization: The Career of a Notion Anne Fearfull and Martin Dowling 10. Working Time in the Employment Relationship: Working Time, Perceived Control and Work–life Balance Lonnie Golden, Barbara Wiens-Tuers, Susan J. Lambert and Julia R. Henly 11. Migration and Labour Markets: An Interpretation of the Literature Tom Lusis and Harald Bauder 12. Child Labor Scott Lyon and Furio Rosati PART IV: CHANGING CONTEXTS 13. Flexicurity: Still Going Strong or a Victim of the Crisis? Peter Auer and Kazutoshi Chatani 14. Governance, Finance and Employment Relations Geoffrey Wood 15. Employment Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility Steve Brammer 16. Industrial Relations in China: Ball of Confusion? E. Patrick McDermott PART V: TOWARDS A FAIRER WORKPLACE? 17. Equity in the Twenty-first Century Workplace Glenda Strachan, John Burgess and Erica French 18. Dimensions of Dignity: Defining the Future of Work Sharon Bolton 19. Justice in the Twenty-first Century Organization Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro and Rashpal K. Dhensa Index
£45.55
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Research Handbook of Employment Relations in
Book SynopsisEmployment relations, much discussed in other industries, has often been neglected in professional sports despite its unique characteristics. The book aims to explore in detail the unique nature of the employment relationship in professional sports and the sport industry. In four parts the book examines, firstly the regulation of sporting competition both within and across sporting codes; secondly a range of employment law issues such as how contracting and negotiation are handled, how disputes are resolved, and the role of sporting representatives such as player associations. The third section discusses the economic issues related to employment such as transfers, drafts and efforts to achieve ''competitive balance''. The final section of the book explores contemporary issues in sports management and governance, including anti-discrimination and anti-doping policy. Through this analysis the book identifies the complex and unique issues surrounding employment relations within professional sports and the sport industry.Contributors include: J. Anderson, M. Barry, P. Bouris, C. Coupland, C. Depken III, J.B. Dworkin, T. Engelberg, S. Gardiner, R. Gomez, B. Keller, L. Masteralexis, G. Maynes, H. Mitchell, S. Moston, J.A.R. Nafziger, M. Nichol, R. Paul, P. Schuwalow, J. Skinner, J. Solow, M. Stewart, K. Vieweg, P. Von Allmen, A. Weinbach, R. WelchTrade Review'This book is a long overdue investigation of an important, but neglected, aspect of sport management. The editors have not only assembled a set of international contributors who are leaders in their respective fields, but they have also identified the employment relations issues of central concern to those studying sport management. This book should be on the shelf of every sport management researcher.' --Barrie Houlihan, Loughborough University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Sidelined: Employment Relations in Professional Sports Michael Barry, James Skinner and Terry Engelberg PART I THE REGULATION OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 2. The Regulation of Professional Football at the European Union Level. Towards Supranational Employment Relations in the Football Industry? Berndt Keller 3. Performance Expectations, Contracts and Job Security John Solow and Peter Von Allmen 4. Making Sense of Labour Regulation in Major League Baseball: Some Insights from Regulatory Theory Matt Nichol 5. Regulating Player Agents Lisa Masteralexis PART II THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 6. The Evolution of Collective Bargaining in Sports James B. Dworkin 7. Arbitration, Negotiation and Contracts in Sport Jack Anderson 8. Industrial Action in Professional Sport: Strikes and Lockouts Craig Depken III 9. Power Games: Understanding the True Nature of Season Ending Labour Disputes in Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League Peter Bouris and Rafael Gomez PART III THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS AND SPORTING CAREERS 10. The Game of (your) Life: Professional Sports Careers Christine Coupland 11. If you Want to Play Sport Professionally, Which Sport Should you Choose? Greg Maynes, Heather Mitchell, Peter Schuwalow and Mark Stewart 12. Discrimination Issues and Related Law Klaus Vieweg and James A.R. Nafziger 13. Hiding in Plain Sight: Sexual Harassment in Sport Terry Engelberg and Stephen Moston 14. The Evolution of Anti-doping Policy: Workplace Implications for Athletes James Skinner, Terry Engelberg and Stephen Moston PART IV THE ECONOMICS OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS 15. Player Trades, Free Agents and Transfer Polices in Professional Sport Simon Gardiner and Roger Welch 16. Similarities and Differences Between Competitive Balance and Uncertainty of Outcome: A Simple Comparison of Recent History in the NBA and NFL Rodney Paul and Andrew Weinbach 17. Playing Quotas Simon Gardiner and Roger Welch Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality:
Book Synopsis'Good governance, social stabilization and economic justice are not luxuries that weigh down and impede the process of development. They are the essence of development itself. This book provides the documentation required to carry the point.'- From the foreword by James K. GalbraithLabor market institutions, including collective bargaining, the regulation of employment contracts and social protection policies, are instrumental for improving the well-being of workers, their families and society. In many countries, these institutions have been eroded, whilst in other countries they do not exist at all.Labour Markets, Institutions and Inequality includes empirical case studies, from both developed and developing countries, which examine the role of institutions in ensuring equitable income distribution. The volume discusses the effect of macroeconomic, labor and social policies on inequality, highlighting how specific groups such as women, migrants and younger workers are affected by labor market institutions. Expert contributions demonstrate that in order to reduce inequality, countries must strengthen their labour market institutions through comprehensive policy formulation.Contributors: C. Behrendt, P. Belser, J. Berg, S. Cazes, J. Martínez Franzoni, S. Gammage, M. Gerecke, D. Grimshaw, S. Hayter, M. Hengge, I. ['Yan'] Islam, C. Kuptsch, J. Ramón de Laiglesia, S. Lee, M. Luebker, J.C. Messenger, U. Rani, N. Ray, G. Reinecke, D. Sánchez-Ancochea, J. WoodallTrade Review'A de?ning feature of recent decades has been the rise in income inequality within many, but certainly not all, countries, and perhaps most spectacularly in the US and UK. The reigning explanation remains the orthodox story that it's all about supply and demand. . . . A powerful and welcome antidote, the essays in this ?ne book make the case that strong institutions are not only 'the building blocks of just societies', but can be, if well-designed, fully consistent with high employment and dynamic economies.' --David R. Howell, New School for Public Engagement, US'The worrying trend of growing inequality was the major theme of Davos in January 2014. In this well-researched and argued volume, Janine Berg and her colleagues show convincingly how neglect for distributional concerns and equitable growth policies in macroeconomic policies and labour market policies led to this worrying trend, why a refocusing on distributional issues and equitable growth policies is urgently needed and what needs to be done to achieve that. A must-read for concerned politicians, industrialists, trade unions and researchers.' --Rolph van der Hoeven, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The Hague, the Netherlands'To sum up, this book provides wide-ranging coverage of macroeconomic, labour market and social protection policies that, taken together, can contribute to the formulation of balanced and equitable social and economic development. A particularly inspiring contribution for policy-makers and for the social partners is the emphasis on analysing the outcomes, limits and potential for improvement of policies in terms of addressing inequality and poverty which benefit society and economy as a whole.' --TransferTable of ContentsContents: Preface James K. Galbraith 1. Labour Market Institutions: The Building Blocks of Just Societies Janine Berg PART I MACROECONOMIC POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY 2. Economic Development and Inequality: Revisiting the Kuznets Curve Sangheon Lee, Megan Gerecke 3. Renewing the Full Employment Compact: Issues, Evidence and Policy Implications Iyanatul Islam, Martina Hengge PART II INCOME FROM WORK 4. Unions and Collective Bargaining Susan Hayter 5. Minimum Wages and Inequality Patrick Belser, Uma Rani 6. Temporary Contracts and Wage Inequality Sandrine Cazes and Juan Ramón De Laiglesia 7. The ‘Deconstruction’ of Part-Time Work Jon C. Messenger and Nikhil Ray PART III SOCIAL TRANSFERS AND INCOME REDISTRIBUTION 8. Redistribution Policies Malte Luebker 9. Pensions and Other Social Security Income Transfers Christina Behrendt andJohn Woodall 10. Income Support for the Unemployed and the Poor Janine Berg 11. Public Social Services and Income Inequality Juliana Martínez Franzoni, Diego Sanchéz-Ancochea PART IV THE IMPACT OF LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS ON DIFFERENT GROUPS 12. Labour Market Institutions and Gender Equality Sarah Gammage 13. Inequalities and the Impact of Labour Market Institutions on Migrant Workers Christiane Kuptsch 14. Labour Market Inequality Between Youths and Adults: A Special Case? Gerhard Reinecke and Damian Grimshaw Index
£134.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Individualism and Inequality: The Future of Work
Book SynopsisIn the neoliberal world, rising individualism has frequently been linked to rising inequality. Drawing on social theory, philosophy, history, institutional research and a wealth of contemporary empirical data, this innovative book analyzes the tangled relationship between individualism and inequality and explores the possibilities of rediscovering individualism's revolutionary potential.Ralph Fevre demonstrates that a belief in individual self-determination powered the development of human rights and inspired social movements from anti-slavery to socialism, feminism and anti-racism. At the same time, every attempt to embed individualism in systems of education and employment has eventually led to increased social inequality. The book discusses influential thinkers, from Adam Smith to Herbert Spencer and John Dewey, as well as the persistence of discrimination despite equality laws, management and the transformation of individualism, individualism in work and mental illness, work insecurity and intensification. This multi-disciplinary book will be essential reading for students and scholars of sociology, economics, philosophy, political science, management science and public policy studies, among other subjects. It will also be of use to policymakers and those who want to know how the culture and politics of the neoliberal world are unfolding.Trade Review'With the publication of Individualism and Inequality, Ralph Fevre establishes himself as one of today's most important figures in social theory and economic and cultural sociology. Building on his past work, his newest book skillfully brings together social theory, history, political philosophy, public policy and normative inquiry to tell a bold, new story about the rise of neoliberalism in the US and in the UK. Fevre produces nuanced genealogies of various forms of individualism and convincingly argues that the rise of neoliberalism is directly connected to the eclipse of sentimental individualism by cognitive individualism. In spite of the formidable social problems, including income inequality, that Fevre's account vividly depicts, he concludes his book with a ray of hope for a social movement that could bring the revitalization of sentimental individualism.' --Mark S. Cladis, Brooke Russell Astor Professor of the Humanities, Brown University'Suitors would be wrong to see this book as just another study of modern-day inequality. It offers far more insight than other books on this topic. Broadly, it is about two related trends: the decline of belief in human qualities and human potential expressed through forms of collective identity and the expansion of rationalisation and scientific knowledge into the domains previously occupied by belief (in education for example). Fevre describes this as the shift from sentimental individualism to cognitive individualism, tracing the origins of the former back to Thomas Paine and Adam Smith and the latter to Herbert Spencer among others. But there is far more to his analysis than this. With the rise of the narratives of globalisation and neoliberalism, Fevre shows how our own sense of self and agency has narrowed from aspirations for social change to anticipation of self-actualisation in the workplace. He describes how employers have embraced neoliberal ideals and increasingly take on responsibility for the welfare and self-development of employees, but then fail to live up to the increased expectations. Drawing on empirical studies, Fevre documents the psychological and other impacts on workers as the neoliberal workplace fails to provide them with the self-determination and self-actualisation it promises. It is concerning to learn how much the 'cognitive individual' defers to institutions and organisations to act on their own behalf rather than taking matters into their own hands. Fevre wisely encourages us to look for opportunities to rekindle moral meaning by reviving belief in human qualities rather than in the discourse of neoliberalism.' --Alex Standish, University College London/Institute of Education, UK'This is a wonderful holdall of an interdisciplinary book. We could call its content history, sociology, political economy, economic geography, economics, and social policy: and it is packed full of fascinating detail.' --Citizens IncomeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Neoliberalism Takes Over 2. Anti-slavery and the Secret of Human Rights 3. Adam Smith and American Individualism 4. Inequality, Welfare and the Cultivation of Character 5. American Ideology: Millennium and Utopia 6. Classes and Evolution 7. Sowing the Seeds of Neoliberalism 8. Education, Individualism and Inequality 9. An Introduction to People Management 10. From ‘Stupid’ to ‘Self-actualizing’ Workers 11. The Neoliberal Settlement 12. The Apotheosis of Individualism at Work 13. The Hidden Injuries of Cognitive Individualism 14. Insecurity, Intensification and Subordination 15. The Future of Work and Politics Index
£35.10
Collective Ink Serf`s Journal, A – The Story of the United
Book Synopsis"...A Serf's Journal is a powerful and much-needed overdue call for solidarity today." Alfie Bown, Hong Kong Review of Books Recalling the JeffBoat incident of 2001, A Serf's Journal is Terry Tapp's formidable first-hand account of American workers as they fight a multinational company and their corrupt union to stage the longest wildcat strike in US history.
£11.77
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Business, Organized Labour and Climate Policy:
Book SynopsisBusiness, Organized Labour and Climate Policy examines the current lack of effective action in bridging the gap between climate change goals and governmental policies. With little published about the role of employers' organizations and trade unions in the climate change policy process, this book evaluates their involvement and argues that labour market considerations should be a central element of climate change policy. The study applies ecological modernization theory as a framework to guide policy development and negotiation. Application of the framework finds that employers' organizations and trade unions are effective civil society advocates, but responding to the labour market implications of climate change is neither institutionally embedded nor prioritized. Included are case studies of climate change policy in six developed and two developing economies, as well as within organizations such as the European Union and the UNFCCC. The emergence of labour issues in formal climate agreements demonstrates the impact that climate change is having on the broader economy and employment, and the need for business and labour to take concrete action. Providing an invaluable reference for policy development, this work will appeal to academics and students, as well as employers' organizations and trade unions. This book provides a unique perspective on key stakeholding organizations in climate change policy and presents a platform for engaging with government.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction: business and labour in climate policy 1. Ecological modernization: theory and the policy process 2. The role of employers’ organizations and trade unions in the climate policy process 3. Climate policy in context I: countries within the EU 4. Climate policy in context II: countries outside the EU 5. Case study: the European Union 6. Case study: United Kingdom 7. Comparative analysis: country profiles and case studies 8. Perspectives on the governance quality of climate policymaking 9. Conclusions Index
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Europe's Disappearing Middle Class?: Evidence
Book SynopsisWhile recent studies have highlighted the phenomenon and risks of increased inequalities between the top and the bottom of society, little research has so far been carried out on trends relating to the median income range that generally represents the middle class. This volume examines the following questions: what are the main transformations in the world of work over the last 20 years in terms of the labour market, social dialogue and conditions of work, wages and incomes that may have affected the middle class? How has the middle class been shaped by the financial and economic crisis? What are the long-term trends for the middle class in Europe?This volume also investigates the potential risks and effects of the reshuffling, or even weakening, of the middle class. On the social side, it explores the ramifications of further retrenchment of the European Social Model, which to a great extent has traditionally been funded by the middle class. On the economic side, the book investigates whether this process - especially from the perspective of consumption and human capital - is endangering the long-term sustainability of the current economic model. While presenting evidence of a definite erosion of the middle class, this book assesses the specific situation in each individual EU Member State on the basis of detailed statistics and case studies of professional categories that traditionally represent the middle class.This book issues a timely warning about the latest trends and future of the middle class in Europe. On this basis, it presents policy considerations and options that will be useful to policy-makers for ensuring the future of the middle class in Europe. Scholars and researchers of European studies and social policy, especially from its sustainability perspective, will find the volume an invaluable reference.Contributors include: J.I. Antón, D. Anxo, T. Barbieri, G. Bosch, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, A. Figueiredo, H. Figueiredo, S. Giakoumatos, P. González, D. Grimshaw, T. Kalina, M. Karamessini, S. Kuypers, B. Maître, N. Maitre, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz-de-Bustillo Llorente, B. Nolan, A. Rafferty, W. Salverda, L.D. Santos, A. Simonazzi, I.G. Tóth, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-AlvarezTable of ContentsContents: 1. Is The World of Work Behind Middle Class Reshuffling? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Rosalie Vazquez-Alvarez and Nicolas Maitre 2. Is The World of Work Stimulating Middle Class Growth in the Baltic States? Jaan Masso, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg 3. Social Concertation and Middle Class Stability in Belgium Sarah Kuypers and Ive Marx 4. Transformation in the World of Work and the Middle Class: The French Experience Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel 5. The Erosion of the German Middle Class: The End of the ‘Levelled-Out, Middle Class Society’? Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina 6. The Greek Middle Classes Facing an Uncertain Future Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos 7. Is Hungary Still in Search of its Middle Class? István György Tóth 8. Middle Incomes in Boom and Bust: The Irish Experience Bertrand Maître and Brian Nolan 9. The Middle Class in Italy: Reshuffling, Erosion, Polarization Annamaria Simonazzi and Teresa Barbieri 10. Stagnating Incomes and the Middle Class in the Netherlands: Running to Stand Still? Wiemer Salverda 11. Still Holding On? Inequality, Labour Market and Middle Income Groups in Portugal Pilar GonzáLez, AntóNio Figueiredo, Hugo Figueiredo and Luis Delfim Santos 12. Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Changes in the World of Work and the Middle Class in Spain Rafael Muñoz-De-Bustillo and José-Ignacio Antón 13. The Rise and Fall of the Swedish Middle Class? Dominique Anxo 14. How Have Middle-Income Households Fared in Unequal Britain? A Focus on Work and Employment Trends Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty Index
£174.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of Work and Employment
Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book charts the latest ideas and concepts in employment relations research. Mapping out the intellectual boundaries of the field, The Future of Work and Employment outlines the key research and policy outcomes for work and employment in the age of digitisation and artificial intelligence. Internationally renowned contributors unpack the implications of the latest developments in employment relations, from the rise of the gig economy to the role of platform companies, from perspectives such as employment (in)security, equity, fairness, wellbeing and voice. Reviewing the extant literature on the future of work, and exploring the biggest issues facing the modern workforce, this book argues for a research base that allows more sober reflections on the grand claims that dictate the future of work. Empirically-grounded and incisively-argued, the book forms critical reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and human resource management, featuring insight into the latest developments in the field. Researchers, policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from its implications for policy and its blending of theory and practice. Trade Review'Many talk about the future of work. This volume refreshingly replaces grand pronouncements, sweeping generalizations, and a narrow focus on technology and the gig economy with thoughtful, nuanced reflections on a wide range of challenges. Taken together, this collection of stimulating chapters results in a robust research agenda that should help define the future of the future of work.' --John W. Budd, University of Minnesota, US, and author of The Thought of WorkTable of ContentsContents: PART I THE CHANGING CONTEXT 1 Understanding the future of work 2 Adrian Wilkinson and Michael Barry PART II CHANGING PRACTICES 2 Work ‘or’ employment in the 21st century: its impact on the employment relationship 19 Chris Brewster and Peter Holland 3 Unpaid work experience and internships: a growing and contested feature of the future of work 33 Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith 4 Diversity and inclusion in a changing world of work 49 Gill Kirton 5 Contemporary challenges in meaningful work 65 Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden 6 Employment and work in Europe: improvement or just change? 83 David Foden PART III THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE OF WORK 7 Financing the future of work: who pays? 103 Jean Cushen 8 Future of Work (FoW) and gender 119 Sarah Kaine, Frances Flanagan and Katherine Ravenswood 9 Biotechnological change and its implications 139 David Peetz and Georgina Murray 10 Work and wages in the gig economy: can there be a high road? 156 Joshua Healy and Andreas Pekarek 11 The growing disruptive impact of work automation: where should future research focus? 174 Victor Gekara and Darryn Snell 12 Governing Global Production Networks in the new economy 189 Huw Thomas 13 Navigating the future of work to build meaningful careers 204 Edwin Trevor-Roberts 14 The future of employee engagement: the challenge of separating old wine from new bottles 223 Bruce E. Kaufman, Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson and Rafael Gomez Index 245
£104.00
Liverpool University Press Historical Studies in Industrial Relations,
Book SynopsisHistorical Studies in Industrial Relations was established in 1996 by the Centre for Industrial Relations, Keele University, to provide an outlet for, and to stimulate an interest in, historical work in the field of industrial relations and the history of industrial relations thought. Content broadly covers the employment relationship and economic, social and political factors surrounding it – such as labour markets, union and employer policies and organization, the law, and gender and ethnicity. Articles with an explicit political dimension, particularly recognising divisions within the working class and within workers’ organizations, will be encouraged, as will historical work on labour law.
£94.05
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times:
Book SynopsisFollowing the 2008 economic crisis, the situation for young people deteriorated dramatically in many European countries. Employment and training opportunities have reduced, and levels of poverty and social exclusion have increased. This book evaluates both institutional frameworks and programmes as well as the quantitative and qualitative basis of judgements in European youth policies that dominate current strategies. Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times uses EU survey data and in-depth qualitative research to examine the education, employment experiences and quality of life of young people in Europe. It develops an extensive critique of the dominant policy approaches used in Europe, which aim to tackle the challenges facing disadvantaged young people through a focus on work first and a narrow human capital centered approach of integration. In response, the book analyses and discusses alternatives emerging from an application of Amartya Sens's Capability Approach to youth policies and an enlarged concept of participation. Offering quantitative and qualitative analysis which aim to develop new and progressive ways to assess the situation of socially disadvantaged young people in Europe, this book will be fascinating reading for students and teachers of social policy, as well as policy-makers, social practitioners and social scientists.Contributors include: G. Acconcia, R. Atzmüller, E. Baillergeau, S. Belda-Miquel, T. Berthet, B. Beuret, A. Boni Aristizábal, J.-M. Bonvin, E. Chiappero-Martinetti, S. Dahmen, J.W. Duyvendak, V. Egdell, A.K. Frørup, C. Goffette, H. Graham, P.R. Graziano, B. Haidinger, N.R. Jensen, C.C. Kjeldsen, A. Knecht, T. Ley, A. Lopez-Fogues, H.-U. Otto, A. Peruzzi, R. Raeside, G. Roets, R. Roose, V. Simon, A.M.C. Spreafico, C. Vandekinderen, H. Van Keer, J. VeroTrade Review‘This more nuanced and contextualised analysis of young people's lives and aspirations, developed through participatory research methodologies that reveal both objective and subjective disadvantage,and myriad strategies for addressing it, is perhaps the best I have read for many years. It is damning in its critique of many contemporary social policies directed towards young people, and direct in its advocacy of some very plausible alternatives.’ -- Howard Williamson, European Journal of Social WorkTable of ContentsContent: Introduction: Empowering Young People in Disempowering Times? Creating Collaborative and Transformative Capabilities through Participation Hans-Uwe Otto, Valerie Egdell, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Roland Atzmüller PART I The Capabilities of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe 1. Analysing Inequality and Disadvantage from a Capability Perspective Jean-Michel Bonvin, Benoît Beuret and Stephan Dahmen 2. The Participation of the Young in the European Union Céline Goffette, Josiane Vero, Helen Graham, Robert Raeside, Enrica Chiappero-Martinetti, Alberta M.C. Spreafico and Agnese Peruzzi 3. One Youth, one Voice: Principles of Justice and Public Policies for Early School Leavers in France Thierry Berthet and Véronique Simon 4. Towards a Subjective Capability Quality of Life Scale (SCQL) in Europe Christian Christrup Kjeldsen 5. Capabilities, Participation and Public Policies for Young People: A Critical Analysis of a Local Policy Process in Spain Sergio Belda-Miquel, Alejandra Boni Aristizábal and Aurora López-Fogués PART II Training and Employment Policies in Europe: A Way Towards the Enhancement of Young People’s Capabilities? 6. Vocational Training in the Framework of the ‘Austrian Training Guarantee’ Roland Atzmüller and Alban Knecht 7. Participation and Expectations: The Youth Guarantee in Italy – A Comparison Study in Lombardy and Campania Giuseppe Acconcia and Paolo Roberto Graziano 8. The Dynamics of Youth Policies in Switzerland: Between Participation and Activation Stephan Dahmen, Jean-Michel Bonvin and Benoît Beuret 9. Integrating Young People into Society: Perceptions of Enabling Agents Robert Raeside, Valerie Egdell and Helen Graham 10. Contextual and Individual Determinants of Involuntary Jobs among Young Workers in Europe: A Capability Approach Céline Goffette and Josiane Vero PART III Participation as Research Method and Policy Strategy: Creating and Unleashing Transformative Capabilities 11. Full Participation Matters? A Subject Orientated Approach to Participation from a Capability Perspective Thomas Ley 12. The CCAPPA Method and the Capability Approach: Giving Voice to Young People in Research Through Participative Methods Véronique Simon and Thierry Berthet 13. Interventions of Feminist Youth Work: Towards Participatory Parity? Bettina Haidinger 14. Aspirations of Young People Living in Disadvantaged Areas in Denmark Niels Rosendal Jensen and Anna Kathrine Frørup PART IV CONCLUSION: Developing Capability Oriented Youth Policies to Fight Inequality and Disadvantage – Developing the Capability to Aspire and to Participate 15. Improving the Quality of Life of Disadvantaged Young People in Europe All Contributors 16. The Capability to Aspire of Young People in Disadvantaged Circumstances Evelyne Baillergeau and Jan Willem Duyvendak 17. Participation and Participatory Research from a Capability Perspective Caroline Vandekinderen, Griet Roets, Hilde Van Keer and Rudi Roose Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment
Book Synopsis'Korea owes its rise to the ranks of the most prosperous nations, largely, to its investment in human resources. Yet, significant gaps remain that block further improvements in the lives of its workers and citizens. This book is as authoritative and comprehensive as it is insightful on the strengths of the Korean system and the challenges Korean policymakers face. In this respect, this book is not simply a telling of the Korean condition but rather of every nation aspiring to prosperity.'- Anil Verma, University of Toronto, Canada'This book is a compedium of information on the evolution, development and practice of employment relations in South Korea. It records the dynamism that enables the tripartite actors in S. Korea to respond to changing economic and political development, as well as the tremendous industrialization that the country has witnessed in recent decades. The social partners have not only played an active role in shaping public policy, as well as the behaviour and interaction between them and the State. These have enormously contributed to industrial peace, industrialization and economic growth and development. This is a book that is surely to serve not only the academic community and the social partners in Korea, as they evaluate their own role, strategy and desirable changes so as to build on achieved success. For students of comparative employment relations, the book is a useful case study, and I commend it to the international employment relations community.'- Tayo Fashoyin, Retired Professor of Comparative Employment Relations; Former Director in the ILO, Geneva, and Former Secretary of ILERAThe Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment Relations explores current employment and workplace relations practice in South Korea, tracing their origins to key historical events and inevitable cultural adaptation in one of Asia?s ?'miraculous? democracies'. This volume challenges common but dated misconceptions of Korean industrial relations fixated on an economically successful but politically turbulent past. As Korea?'s employment relations continue to evolve, the accommodations made by companies and labor provide powerful insights for leaders in developing economies worldwide striving for prosperity, stability, and democratization. This book focuses on current realities both social and economic to uncover the potent challenges facing employers and workers in a slow-growth era of union decline. Lee and Kaufman provide a wide-ranging and global perspective authored by established and up-and-coming scholars both in and outside Korea in fields such as labor law, sociology, industrial relations, and labor economics. Up-to-date evaluation, data and analysis provide a modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice.Scholars of global and specifically Asian industrial relations, human resource management and modern comparative labor relations will find this book of value. Policy makers and CEOs in emerging economics will benefit from the modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice, including CEOs managing workplaces in South Korea.Contributors include: J.R. Bellace, C. Brewster, H.-G. Chang, Y.-K. Choi, F.L. Cooke, V.L. Doellgast, M. Gunderson, J.-J. Hur, I. Jun, B.E. Kaufman, D.-B. Kim, D.-O. Kim, H. Kim, H.-T. Kim, T.A. Kochan, H. Kwon, R. Lansbury, B.-H. Lee, K.-S. Lee, S.-H. Lee, S.-M. Lee, Y.-M. Lee, D. Lewin, Y. Nho, K.W. Park, M.J. Park, K.-P. Roh, P. Sheldon, P.B. VoosTrade Review'This book is an invaluable source of information on Korean employment relations, and provides an interesting analysis of historical, current and future perspectives.' --Mia Ronmar, Lund University Law School, Sweden'As a developed country with fast economic growth in Asia, Korea has had an impressive development history and a remarkable model of employment and industrial relations. This book, as the collaborative achievement of the topflight Korean and international scholars, offers a comprehensive review and a balanced analysis of the characteristics, experiences, problems, and challenges of employment and industrial relations in Korea. It is a highly readable and thought-provoking account and serves as a very valuable contribution to comparative employment relations and global governance of employment and industrial relations.' --Xiangquan Zeng, The member of the ILERA Executive Committee, Renmin University of China'This book has a world interest for people that study and work in labour relations, it addresses universal problems such as: Women employment and gender inequality, the expectation of women in regards to marriage and child rearing, striket activity,etc. This book will also be very useful to people who work in Korean's facortires and business. It will be an important contribution to labour relations and for people who work in the field.' --Martha Monsalve Cuellar, ILERA Columbia President, Executive Committee MemberTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Dong-One Kim Introduction Young-Myon Lee and Bruce E. Kaufman PART I PRELIMINARY STEPS TO UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN SOUTH KOREA Byoung-Hoon Lee 1. Viewing Korean employment and industrial relations Young-Myon Lee and Bruce E. Kaufman 2. The historical development of employment and labor relations in Korea Kwang-Pyo Roh and Chris Brewster PART II INTRODUCTION TO THE MAIN ACTORS: EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, AND GOVERNMENT Thomas A. Kochan 3. The Korea Employers’ Federation and the development of Korean industrial relations In Jun, Peter Sheldon and Kang-Sung Lee 4. The faltering militancy of labor unions: Recent developments in collective bargaining Yongjin Nho and Hyung-Tag Kim 5. The evolution of HRM practices and labor unions Dong-Bae Kim and Fang Lee Cooke 6. Korean public sector employment relations Seung-Hyeob Lee and David Lewin 7. New trends in Korean labor interest representation Myung Joon Park PART III CHALLENGES FACING THE LABOR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Russell Lansbury 8. Changes in the Korean labor market Jai-Joon Hur 9. The proliferation of contingent workers Haejin Kim and Paula B. Voos 10. Human resource development Sang-Min Lee and Morley Gunderson 11. Women, employment and gender inequality in South Korea Heiwon Kwon and Virginia L. Doellgast PART IV NEW APPRAISAL AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Janice R. Bellace 12. Worker rights Hyuk Kwon 13. Strike activity in Korea Kyoung Won Park 14. Works councils in Korea: History, performance and assessment Bruce E. Kaufman and Young-Myon Lee 15. Social dialogue at a crossroads Hong-Geun Chang Conclusion: Korean employment and industrial relations – a work in progress Young-Ki Choi Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment
Book Synopsis'Korea owes its rise to the ranks of the most prosperous nations, largely, to its investment in human resources. Yet, significant gaps remain that block further improvements in the lives of its workers and citizens. This book is as authoritative and comprehensive as it is insightful on the strengths of the Korean system and the challenges Korean policymakers face. In this respect, this book is not simply a telling of the Korean condition but rather of every nation aspiring to prosperity.'- Anil Verma, University of Toronto, Canada'This book is a compedium of information on the evolution, development and practice of employment relations in South Korea. It records the dynamism that enables the tripartite actors in S. Korea to respond to changing economic and political development, as well as the tremendous industrialization that the country has witnessed in recent decades. The social partners have not only played an active role in shaping public policy, as well as the behaviour and interaction between them and the State. These have enormously contributed to industrial peace, industrialization and economic growth and development. This is a book that is surely to serve not only the academic community and the social partners in Korea, as they evaluate their own role, strategy and desirable changes so as to build on achieved success. For students of comparative employment relations, the book is a useful case study, and I commend it to the international employment relations community.'- Tayo Fashoyin, Retired Professor of Comparative Employment Relations; Former Director in the ILO, Geneva, and Former Secretary of ILERAThe Evolution of Korean Industrial and Employment Relations explores current employment and workplace relations practice in South Korea, tracing their origins to key historical events and inevitable cultural adaptation in one of Asia?s ?'miraculous? democracies'. This volume challenges common but dated misconceptions of Korean industrial relations fixated on an economically successful but politically turbulent past. As Korea?'s employment relations continue to evolve, the accommodations made by companies and labor provide powerful insights for leaders in developing economies worldwide striving for prosperity, stability, and democratization. This book focuses on current realities both social and economic to uncover the potent challenges facing employers and workers in a slow-growth era of union decline. Lee and Kaufman provide a wide-ranging and global perspective authored by established and up-and-coming scholars both in and outside Korea in fields such as labor law, sociology, industrial relations, and labor economics. Up-to-date evaluation, data and analysis provide a modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice.Scholars of global and specifically Asian industrial relations, human resource management and modern comparative labor relations will find this book of value. Policy makers and CEOs in emerging economics will benefit from the modern and innovative perspective on employment and industrial relations practice, including CEOs managing workplaces in South Korea.Contributors include: J.R. Bellace, C. Brewster, H.-G. Chang, Y.-K. Choi, F.L. Cooke, V.L. Doellgast, M. Gunderson, J.-J. Hur, I. Jun, B.E. Kaufman, D.-B. Kim, D.-O. Kim, H. Kim, H.-T. Kim, T.A. Kochan, H. Kwon, R. Lansbury, B.-H. Lee, K.-S. Lee, S.-H. Lee, S.-M. Lee, Y.-M. Lee, D. Lewin, Y. Nho, K.W. Park, M.J. Park, K.-P. Roh, P. Sheldon, P.B. VoosTrade Review'This book is an invaluable source of information on Korean employment relations, and provides an interesting analysis of historical, current and future perspectives.' --Mia Ronmar, Lund University Law School, Sweden'As a developed country with fast economic growth in Asia, Korea has had an impressive development history and a remarkable model of employment and industrial relations. This book, as the collaborative achievement of the topflight Korean and international scholars, offers a comprehensive review and a balanced analysis of the characteristics, experiences, problems, and challenges of employment and industrial relations in Korea. It is a highly readable and thought-provoking account and serves as a very valuable contribution to comparative employment relations and global governance of employment and industrial relations.' --Xiangquan Zeng, The member of the ILERA Executive Committee, Renmin University of China'This book has a world interest for people that study and work in labour relations, it addresses universal problems such as: Women employment and gender inequality, the expectation of women in regards to marriage and child rearing, striket activity,etc. This book will also be very useful to people who work in Korean's facortires and business. It will be an important contribution to labour relations and for people who work in the field.' --Martha Monsalve Cuellar, ILERA Columbia President, Executive Committee MemberTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Dong-One Kim Introduction Young-Myon Lee and Bruce E. Kaufman PART I PRELIMINARY STEPS TO UNDERSTANDING EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN SOUTH KOREA Byoung-Hoon Lee 1. Viewing Korean employment and industrial relations Young-Myon Lee and Bruce E. Kaufman 2. The historical development of employment and labor relations in Korea Kwang-Pyo Roh and Chris Brewster PART II INTRODUCTION TO THE MAIN ACTORS: EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYEES, COLLECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES, AND GOVERNMENT Thomas A. Kochan 3. The Korea Employers’ Federation and the development of Korean industrial relations In Jun, Peter Sheldon and Kang-Sung Lee 4. The faltering militancy of labor unions: Recent developments in collective bargaining Yongjin Nho and Hyung-Tag Kim 5. The evolution of HRM practices and labor unions Dong-Bae Kim and Fang Lee Cooke 6. Korean public sector employment relations Seung-Hyeob Lee and David Lewin 7. New trends in Korean labor interest representation Myung Joon Park PART III CHALLENGES FACING THE LABOR MARKET AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Russell Lansbury 8. Changes in the Korean labor market Jai-Joon Hur 9. The proliferation of contingent workers Haejin Kim and Paula B. Voos 10. Human resource development Sang-Min Lee and Morley Gunderson 11. Women, employment and gender inequality in South Korea Heiwon Kwon and Virginia L. Doellgast PART IV NEW APPRAISAL AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Janice R. Bellace 12. Worker rights Hyuk Kwon 13. Strike activity in Korea Kyoung Won Park 14. Works councils in Korea: History, performance and assessment Bruce E. Kaufman and Young-Myon Lee 15. Social dialogue at a crossroads Hong-Geun Chang Conclusion: Korean employment and industrial relations – a work in progress Young-Ki Choi Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Trade Unions and Migrant Workers: New Contexts
Book Synopsis'This timely book offers not only richly textured studies of European trade union responses to the influx of immigrant workers across the continent, but also an insightful comparative analysis. Building on an earlier volume that the editors published at the turn of the 21st century, this one focuses on the new challenges posed by growing economic globalization, trade union decline, and the surge of xenophobia among European workers. It deserves a prominent spot on the bookshelf of anyone interested in labor movements and migration, not only in Europe but worldwide.'- Ruth Milkman, The Graduate Center, City University of New York'Trade Unions and Migrant Workers updates the classic ''three-dilemmas'' thesis of Penninx and Roosblad, demonstrating its continuing relevance in today's shifting migration context. Drawing on national case studies of union responses to labour migration, it shows that while the balance of power and incentive structures unions face have shifted, the fundamental strategic dilemmas posed to unions by labour migration remain the same. This book will be a go-to citation for me in the coming years.'- Nathan Lillie, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland This timely book analyzes the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015. It constitutes an extensive update of a previous comparative analysis - published by Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad in 2000 - that has become an important reference in the field. The book offers an overview of how trade unions manage issues of inclusion and solidarity in the current economic and political context, characterized by increasing challenges for labour organizations and rising hostility towards migrants. The qualitative analysis of trade union strategies towards immigration and migrant workers is based on a common analytical framework centred on the idea of 'dilemmas' that trade unions have to face when dealing with immigration and migrant workers. This approach facilitates comparative analysis and distinguishes patterns of union policies and actions across three groups of countries, identifying some explanations for observed similarities and differences. In addition, the book also includes theoretical chapters by expert scholars from a range of disciplinary fields including industrial relations, migration studies and political economy. This comprehensive comparative analysis is an essential resource for academics across a range of disciplines as well as policy-makers, practitioners and organizations involved in trade unions and migrant inclusion and integration.Contributors include: M. Bernaciak, L. Berntsen, M. Canek, H. Connolly, S. Contrepois, A. Gachter, A. Giorgi, R. Gumbrell-McCormick, T. Hastings, J. Heyes, M. Hyland, R. Hyman, J. Kubisa, S. Marino, M. Martinez Lucio, A. Neergaard, R. Penninx, M. Rinaldini, J. Roosblad, B. Sellers, T. Vitale, I. Wagner, C. WoolfsonTrade Review'This work provides a relevant comparative and detailed description of how the early slogan ''Proletarians of all countries, unite!'' (Karl Marx, 1848) has been put into practice in Europe in the 21st century. This presented a huge challenge for the (re)construction of worker solidarity and the organized defence of social rights. This book sheds important light on how further European social construction could progress.' --Albert Martens, KU Leuven, Belgium'The labour market integration of migrant workers and of workers with a migration background is an increasingly sensitive puzzle for employment services, employers, and especially politicians across Europe. In this puzzle, trade unions have an enormous role, which is too often neglected and which varies across countries, issues and time. This book by an impressive team of experts provides a long needed systematic and sympathetic analysis and will be the central reference for both research and policy debates for years to come.' --Guglielmo Meardi, University of Warwick, UK'In recent years, immigration has posed major political and economic challenges for western societies. Whether and how to integrate or restrict immigrant workers is a burning question for politicians and activists across the spectrum. Of particular importance are the attitudes of trade unions, organizations well situated either to exclude or to craft strategies of inclusion. In this fine book, experienced researchers offer a comprehensive study of contrasting union approaches across eleven European countries. Findings are informative, surprising, and couldn't be more timely.' --Lowell Turner, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Done-One Kim Foreword by Moussa Oumarou and Manuela Tomei 1. Introduction: How to study trade union action towards immigration and migrant workers? Stefania Marino, Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad Part I Changing contextual conditions for trade union action 2. Economic and labour market change and policies: Before and beyond austerity in Europe Jason Heyes and Thomas Hastings 3. Migration and its regulation in an integrating Europe Rinus Penninx 4. Migrants in the public discourse: Between media, policy and public opinion Alberta Giorgi and Tommaso Vitale 5. Trade unions in Europe: Challenges and responses Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, Richard Hyman and Magdalena Bernaciak Part II Trade union attitudes and actions relating to immigration and migrant workers in 11 European countries 6. Trade unions and migration in Austria, 1993-2015 August Gächter 7. France: The assimilationist model called into question Sylvie Contrepois 8. Trade unions and migrant workers in Germany: Unions between national and transnational labour market segmentation Ines Wagner 9. The Netherlands: Finding common ground in an increasingly fragmented workforce Judith Roosblad and Lisa Berntsen 10. Sweden: A model in dissolution? Anders Neergaard and Charles Woolfson 11. Trade unions and migrant workers in the UK: Organising in a cold climate Heather Connolly and Ben Sellers 12. Trade unions and migrant workers in Ireland: New organisational opportunities under changed circumstances Mary Hyland 13. Trade unions and migrant workers in Italy: Between labour and social rights Matteo Rinaldini and Stefania Marino 14. Trade unions and immigration in Spain: The politics and framing of social inclusion within industrial relations Miguel Martínez Lucio 15. Trade unions and migration in the Czech Republic, 2004-15 Marek Čanek 16. Trade unions and migrant workers in Poland: First stage of a work in progress Julia Kubisa Part III Analysis and conclusions 17. Comparing trade union attitudes and actions relating to immigration and migrant workers in 11 European countries Stefania Marino, Judith Roosblad and Rinus Penninx Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies: The
Book SynopsisBy examining the evolution of industrial relations institutions in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, the authors in this book assess the contribution of these institutions to inclusive development. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies uses real world examples to assess the relevance of the conceptual frameworks used to examine employment relations. The chapters focus on the evolution of industrial relations institutions and the role these have played in periods of economic and political transition. They demonstrate that rather than acting as a constraint on development, trade unions can contribute to stability, security and equity. However, the contribution of industrial relations institutions to inclusive development is at best a contested pathway. At worst it is viewed as increasingly irrelevant to the vast numbers of workers in the informal economy. The authors reveal a continuing demand for independent collective interest representation in labour relations, whether in the informal economy or in rapidly industrialising districts.This book will prove an interesting and stimulating read for students, academics and researchers in the fields of human resources, industrial relations, sociology and labour economics, in addition to trade union researchers and policy-makers.Contributors include: J. Berg, A. Celik, S. Hayter, C.-H. Lee, N. Pons-Vignon, U. Rani, E. Schneider, R. SenTrade Review'As the share of emerging economies in the global economy grows, interest in industrial relations in these countries is also increasing among academics, policy-makers and practitioners. This book makes a significant contribution to the analysis of industrial relations' role relative to inclusive growth in the era of socio-economic polarization.' --Dong-One Kim, President, International Labor and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)'This timely volume goes a long way towards filling an important gap in the literature on industrial relations. It shows that the role that trade unions play in the development process is contested terrain, exposing the inherent limitations of pluralist frameworks in the largest emerging economies.' --Richard Hyman, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies Susan Hayter 2. Labour Relations and Inclusive Growth in India: New Forms of Voice Uma Rani and Ratna Sen 3. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in South Africa: A Dream Deferred? Susan Hayter and Nicolas Pons-Vignon 4. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Growth in Brazil: The Swinging Pendulum Janine Berg and Eduardo Schneider 5. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in China: Connecting Institutions and Voice Chang-Hee Lee 6. Industrial Relations in Turkey: Still Waiting for a Strong and Modern System Aziz Çelik Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Reducing Inequalities in Europe: How Industrial
Book SynopsisInternational debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects that they may have on both social and economic developments. Income inequality, which is at its highest level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the sustainability of European social policy but also put at risk Europe?s sustainable recovery. A common feature of recent reports on inequality (ILO, OECD, IMF, 2015?2017) is their recognition that the causes emerge from mechanisms in the world of work. The purpose of this book is to investigate the possible role of industrial relations, and social policies more generally, in reducing these inequalities.The volume pays particular attention to the contribution of social partners and social dialogue to achieving concrete outcomes, notably in terms of flexibility and security for both employers and workers. The key aim is to identify elements of a response to a number of important questions: which countries have succeeded in carrying out the necessary reforms without generating further inequalities? What industrial relations systems seem to perform better in this respect? What policy measures, institutions and actors play a determinant role in achieving more balanced outcomes? How can social dialogue address future transformations of the world of work, while limiting inequalities?The scope of this volume goes beyond pay to address other types of inequality ? in the distribution of working time, access or re-access to jobs, training and career opportunities, and social protection and pensions. It also looks at inequalities that may affect particular groups of workers, including women or young people, as well as people in certain types of work arrangements, such as part-time or temporary work or the self-employed.This book is vital reading for anyone concerned with labour policy, industrial relations and social welfare but, above all, with how advances in these areas can contribute to the global fight against growing inequalities.Contributors include: D. Anxo, B. Bembic, G. Bosch, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, G. Fiorani, G. Giakoumatos, D. Grimshaw, M. Johnson, M. Karamessini, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz de Bustillo, B. Nolan, F. Pinto Hernández, W. Salverda, A. Simonazzi, M. Tverdostup, L. Van Cant, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-AlvarezTrade Review‘I strongly recommend it to any scholar interested in this important topic.’ -- John D Stephens, Journal of Social Policy‘Within its prescribed orbit, this is a useful book for those wishing to examine recent shifts and interactions between industrial relations regimes and inequality.’ -- Michael Quinlan, Emeritus Professor, Industrial RelationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Curbing Inequalities in Europe: The Impact of Industrial Relations and Labour Policies Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez 2. Labour Market Inequalities in Conditions of Limited Social Dialogue: The Case of the Baltic States Jaan Masso, Maryna Tverdostup, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg 3. Belgium: Is Robust Social Concertation Providing a Buffer against Growing Inequality? Ive Marx and Lien Van Cant 4. Social Dialogue in France under Pressure: Can Worker Security be achieved in a Context of Increasing Job Flexibility? Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel 5. Social Dialogue in Germany: Innovation or Erosion? Gerhard Bosch 6. Industrial Relations, Imposed Flexibility and Inequality during the Greek Great Depression Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos 7. Social Dialogue and Inequality: Ireland Brian Nolan 8. Italy: Industrial Relations and Inequality in a Recessionary Environment Annamaria Simonazzi and Giuseppe Fiorani 9. The Netherlands: Is the Polder Model Behind the Curve with Regard to Growing Household Income Inequality? Wiemer Salverda 10. Changes in Inequality Outcomes alongside Industrial Relations Transformation in Slovenia Branko Bembič 11. Industrial Relations and Inequality in the Spanish Labour Market: Resilience and Change Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and Fernando Pinto Hernández 12. Shaping the Future of Work in Sweden: The Crucial Role of Social Partnership Dominique Anxo 13. Inequality at Work in the United Kingdom: How Perforated Industrial Relations Worsen Inequalities and Hold Back Progress on Equalities Damian Grimshaw and Mat Johnson Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd International Comparative Employee Relations: The
Book SynopsisEmployee relations in national contexts are significantly influenced not only by material forces but also by cultural and linguistic factors that are often highly nationally specific. In this innovative book, culture and language are analysed in terms of how they affect employee relations internationally, demonstrating the importance of recognising and understanding these elements in the face of increasing globalisation. International Comparative Employee Relations first examines the subject from a broader international perspective, discussing the impact of cultural context on common areas such as labour law and collective bargaining, and exploring the issues of translating these concepts, as well as surveying current scholarship in the field. In later chapters, case studies from China, Italy, Germany, the USA and Nigeria provide specific examples of the cultural and linguistic complexity and diversity of employee relations both within and between nations. Scholars and students of international business management, particularly those with an interest in comparative employment relations or comparative human resource management, will find this book insightful. It will also prove useful for practitioners working in areas such as cross-cultural management and translation.Trade Review'This excellent volume provides fascinating insights into the context-bound meaning of comparative employee relations. It shows that when terminology associated with employee relations travels across societal, cultural and language boundaries, the meaning is transformed. The contributions shed light on the metaphorical and interlingual translation of employee relations in different national contexts. The book also provides a solid conceptual foundation for comparative research in this important field. I was very impressed by the unique perspective adopted in this book.' --Rebecca Piekkari, Aalto University School of Business, Finland'The complex interplay between beliefs, concepts, rhetoric and the social realities of work is a seriously under-researched area of industrial relations. Karl Koch and Pietro Manzella have performed a great service in compiling this wide-ranging survey of the issues involved [...] This book will help us all reduce the risks of becoming lost in translation.' --from the Foreword by Richard Hyman, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Richard Hyman xiii Acknowledgements xviii Introduction: The Language and Culture Perspective in Employee Relations 1 Karl Koch and Pietro Manzella PART I COMPARATIVE EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN CONTEXT 1 Employee Relations in Context: Globalization, Uncertainties, and Dynamics of Change 14 Aurora Trif and Valentina Paolucci 2 Comparative Employee Relations: An Overview of Contemporary Developments and Scholarship 39 Chris Brewster 3 A New Approach: The Incorporation of Culture, Language and Translation Elements in Comparative Employee Relations 58 Pietro Manzella and Karl Koch PART II EMPLOYEE RELATIONS IN THE NATIONAL CONTEXT 4 Employee Relations and Harmony in China 79 Jing Xi 5 Culture, Language and Translation in Comparative Employee Relations: The Case of the Italian Caporalato 106 Pietro Manzella 6 Plant-Level Employee Representation in Germany: Is the German Works Council a Management Stooge or the Representative Voice of the Workforce? 119 Michael Whittall and Rainer Trinczek 7 Individualism, Democracy and Conflict in the USA 139 Peter Norlander 8 Fragmented Democracy and Employee Participation in Nigeria 160 John Opute 9 Exploring ‘Bundles’ of Employment Practices: Culture, Language and Translation Perspectives 184 Susanne Tietze Index 195
£94.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Towards Convergence in Europe: Institutions,
Book SynopsisThe main original aim of the European Union was to promote convergence towards higher economic growth and social standards. However, EU countries have sometimes experienced different trajectories, due in part to their different starting points and the fact that their convergence on particular socio-economic indicators has varied. At the same time, little evidence has so far been presented on cross-country convergence within the EU. This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations - focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions - in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.This book provides a unique analysis of socio-economic indicators to identify convergence trends in the EU. It defines a number of clusters that help to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of national socio-economic models and the European Social Model. Cross-country case studies help to identify the possible impact of global movements (migration, foreign investment) and policies (social protection, social dialogue, employment) on cross-country convergence. This book offers a timely assessment of convergence within the EU, identifying its drivers in the world of work and in institutions and industrial relations. It presents examples of where institutions and industrial relations can change convergence outcomes and proposes a range of useful policy options. Scholars and researchers will find it an invaluable reference for studies of European affairs and social policies.Contributors include: D. Anxo, B. Bembic, G. Bosch, V. Ciampa, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, A. Figueiredo, P. González, D. Grimshaw, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente, P.J. O'Connell, W. Salverda, A. Simonazzi, V. Soloviov, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-Alvarez, L. VillamainaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Convergence in the EU: What role for industrial relations? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: Is limited social dialogue an impediment? Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina 3. Belgium: Is strong social concertation a driver of upward social convergence? Ive Marx 4. Is France converging or not?: The role of industrial relations Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel 5. Does the German social model support the convergence of living conditions in the EU? Gerhard Bosch 6. Ireland after the Great Recession: Convergence or divergence? Philip J. O’Connell 7. Italy: How could industrial relations help a return to economic and social convergence? Annamaria Simonazzi, Valerio Ciampa and Luca Villamaina Case Study – Italy and Slovenia: Two paths to labour market flexibility and social dialogue Branko Bembič and Annamaria Simonazzi 8. The Netherlands: From convergence to divergence in Europe? Social dialogue and industrial relations in the face of household labour supply Wiemer Salverda 9. Social convergence, development failures and industrial relations: The case of Portugal Pilar González and António Figueiredo 10. Slovenia: Social dialogue and social convergence between coordinated and dependent capitalism Branko Bembič 11. Economic and social convergence in Spain: The elusive goal of catching up with the EU Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo 12. Convergence towards better working and living conditions: The crucial role of industrial relations in Sweden Dominique Anxo 13. The United Kingdom’s record on economic and social convergence with Europe: A pre-Brexit appraisal Damian Grimshaw Index
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CABI Publishing Youth and the Rural Economy in Africa: Hard Work
Book SynopsisThis book brings together recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy, imagine their futures and how development policies and interventions find traction (or not) with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, it provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. It is organised around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas; have no interest in agriculture; cannot access land; are stuck in permanent waithood; that the rural economy provides (or can provide) a wealth of opportunity; and that they can be the engine of rural transformation. It draws from existing literature and new analysis arising from several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is a major contribution to current debates and development policy about youth, agriculture and employment in rural Africa.Table of Contents1: African youth and the rural economy: points of departure 2: Empirical windows on African rural youth 3: Are Africa’s rural youth abandoning agriculture? 4: Young people and land 5: Mobility and the rural landscape of opportunity 6: Are young people transforming the rural economy? 7: The social landscape of education and work in rural sub-Saharan Africa 8: Are rural young people stuck in waithood? 9: Young people’s imagined futures 10: Young people and the rural economy: synthesis and implications
£39.52
Liverpool University Press Historical Studies in Industrial Relations,
Book SynopsisHistorical Studies in Industrial Relations was established in 1996 by the Centre for Industrial Relations, Keele University, to provide an outlet for, and to stimulate an interest in, historical work in the field of industrial relations and the history of industrial relations thought. Content broadly covers the employment relationship and economic, social and political factors surrounding it – such as labour markets, union and employer policies and organization, the law, and gender and ethnicity. Articles with an explicit political dimension, particularly recognising divisions within the working class and within workers’ organizations, will be encouraged, as will historical work on labour law.
£94.05
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Social Dialogue in the Gig Economy: A Comparative
Book SynopsisAs our digital economy continues to expand, gig work becomes increasingly significant. This incisive book investigates the ways in which social dialogue can reinforce decent working practices and create inclusive workplaces in the growing gig economy, putting forward a framework for structured dialogue and collective bargaining among social partners, platforms, and workers.Centred on four major case studies – Germany, Greece, Switzerland, and the UK – the book analyses the key challenges that characterise the varied European landscape of gig economies and workforces. With a particular focus on the hospitality, driving, and food delivery sectors, chapters explore the intersection of social partners’ responses and gig workers’ capacity to organise and build collective voice. Examining the complicated and overlapping linkages between workers’ rights, social protection, social dialogue, and decent work, the book aims to expose, and ultimately put an end to, precariousness and exploitation in the context of gig labour.Integrating critical theoretical perspectives and methodologies with context-sensitive evidence, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of sociology, social policy, labour policy, employment relations, and human resource management. Its examination of timely questions of collective action and social dialogue in the gig economy will also appeal to activists, journalists, social partners, and policymakers.Trade Review‘This is an excellent collection of research on the gig economy, providing much-needed comparative analysis that is too often missing from the literature. Throughout the collection, there are chapters that will appeal to students, academics, and practitioners who are interested in understanding the gig economy today.’ -- Jamie Woodcock, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 1 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Maria Mexi 2. The gig economy and social partnership in Germany: towards a German Model 4.0? 18 Johannes Kiess 3. Social partnership and the rise of the gig economy in Greece: continuity or discontinuity? 42 Maria Mexi 4. Regulating the gig economy: promises and limits of social dialogue in Switzerland 67 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Luca Perrig 5. Weakening worker protections? Uncovering the gig economy and the future of work in the UK 90 Tom Montgomery and Simone Baglioni 6. Regulating digital crowdwork and the need for global responses 117 Maria Mexi and Konstantinos Papadakis 7. Conclusion: The rise and growth of the gig economy. Challenges and opportunities for social dialogue and decent work 144 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Maria Mexi Index 159
£80.00
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Elgar Encyclopedia of Labour Studies
Book SynopsisThis authoritative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of central concepts in labour studies, and how they can be used to analyse labour markets. Examining regional and sectoral labour markets alongside the internal labour markets of firms, it clearly lays out the current state of social scientific knowledge on labour.Combining theoretical and empirical insights, leading scholars map the latest developments in labour economics, focusing on micro-level data and applied studies. Entries explore the definition, background, and history of key concepts in labour studies, including regional and sectoral labour markets, labour policy, different forms of labour, labour market discrimination, and the decisions facing firms concerning labour. Highlighting the most important aspects of the topics covered, this Encyclopedia gives expert insight into the steadily growing research and public policy debate on labour issues. The Encyclopedia of Labour Studies will be an invaluable resource for academics and students of labour economics and policy, employment relations, social policy, business, and management. It will also be a useful guide for policy practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of how labour markets function. Key Features: 58 extensive entries Accessible explanations of key social scientific terms Provides clear thematic grouping of entries using Journal of Economic Literature classification codes Trade Review‘This Encyclopedia will be very useful for all those who want to understand the key issues, findings, and gaps in virtually all major topics in labour economics and related areas. Each one of its nearly 60 entries, all written by international experts in the subjects, provide succinct and focused presentations and thus very useful stepping stones into a particular theme in labour studies.’ -- Pedro Martins, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal‘This Encyclopedia presents a broad selection of what labor studies has to offer, combining basic theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications of more than 50 topics. Entries are presented in an accessible manner, making this suitable for ambitious students and others who want to catch up on topics in the field.’ -- Maria Stanfors, Lund University, Sweden'This brand new Encyclopedia edited by Tor Eriksson offers tremendous insights into labor economics, as well as essential issues of employment relations and human resource management.’ -- Christian Grund, RWTH Aachen University, Germany‘This book includes a set of thorough surveys by leading researchers in each field. The reader can catch up to the frontier of the topic in the quickest way possible. As a researcher studying the labor market of Japan, I found the chapter on this issue particularly useful.’ -- Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo, JapanTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Labour Studies x Tor Eriksson 1 Active Labour Market Policies 1 Anders Forslund 2 African Labor Markets 5 Niels-Hugo Blunch 3 Agricultural Labor Markets 9 Diane Charlton 4 Apprenticeships 14 Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert 5 Beveridge Curve, Matching Functions 19 Juuso Vanhala 6 Dynamic Employment Adjustment of Firms 24 Gerard A. Pfann 7 Early Retirement 27 René Böheim 8 Employee ownership 30 Takao Kato 9 Employer and employee learning 35 Jaime Ortega 10 Employer Search 38 Jan C. van Ours 11 Employment Protection Legislation Impacts 42 Paulino Maria Freitas Teixeira 12 Executive Compensation 46 Martin J. Conyon 13 Firms and Wages 52 István Boza 14 Footballers’ Labour Market 57 Robert Simmons 15 Global Value Chains and Employment Relations 61 Sarosh C. Kuruvilla 16 HRM Practices and Productivity 66 Kathryn L. Shaw 17 Intergenerational Income Mobility 71 Jo Blanden 18 International Migration 75 Mariola Pytlikova and Davit Adunts 19 Japanese Labor Market 81 Ryo Kambayashi 20 Job Design 84 Michael J. Gibbs 21 Job Insecurity 89 Francis Green 22 Job Satisfaction 93 John S. Heywood 23 Jobs, Tasks, Authority 97 Alexandra Spitz-Oener 24 Labor Income Share 101 Saumik Paul 25 Labour Market Discrimination: Ethnicity and Race 104 Mats Hammarstedt and Ali Ahmed 26 Labour Market Discrimination: Gender 107 Dominique Meurs 27 Labor Market Discrimination: Method and Measurement 111 Ali Ahmed and Mats Hammarstedt 28 Labor Market Discrimination: Sexual Orientation 115 Nick Drydakis 29 Labour Market Integration of Immigrants 120 Pieter Bevelander 30 Labour Supply and Taxes 123 Monica Costa Dias 31 Monopsonistic Labour Markets 129 Boris Hirsch and Elke J. Jahn 32 Non-Financial Motivation in the Workplace 133 Gary Charness, Michael Cooper and J. Lucas Reddinger 33 Non-Wage Labour Costs 140 Robert A. Hart 34 Occupational Licensing 144 Morris Kleiner 35 Outsourcing, Consequences for Employees 148 Holger Görg 36 Payroll Taxes: Incidence and Employment Effects 153 Roope Uusitalo 37 Performance Evaluations 157 Anders Frederiksen 38 Performance Feedback: Cognitive and Motivational Effects 160 Marie Claire Villeval 39 Performance Pay: Consequences on Workers’ Health 164 Ioannis Theodissou 40 Performance Related Pay and Performance 171 Tor Eriksson 41 Promotion Tournaments 176 Michael Bognanno 42 Public Sector Labor Markets 180 Claudio Lucifora 43 Recruitment: Internal or External? 185 Jed DeVaro 44 Regional Labour Markets 189 Uwe Blien 45 Returns to Education 194 Franz Buscha and Matthew Dickson 46 Shadow Economy Labour Markets 199 Dominik H. Enste 47 Skill-Biased Technological Change 203 Pekka Ilmakunnas 48 Skills acquisition: workplace learning and workers’ productivity 206 Andries de Grip 49 Strikes and Conflict Mediation 210 John Kennan 50 Team Productivity 213 Hideo Owan 51 Temporary Jobs 218 Lia Pacelli 52 Unemployment: Duration, Incidence 222 Tor Eriksson 53 Unpaid Work 226 Leslie S. Stratton 54 Wage Bargaining Institutions 231 Erling Barth 55 Worker Representation 235 Alex Bryson and John Forth 56 Working Hours 240 Peter Dolton 57 Workplace Sickness Absence 245 Wolter Hassink 58 Works Councils 249 Uwe Jirjahn Index 255
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Future of Work and Employment
Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book charts the latest ideas and concepts in employment relations research. Mapping out the intellectual boundaries of the field, The Future of Work and Employment outlines the key research and policy outcomes for work and employment in the age of digitisation and artificial intelligence. Internationally renowned contributors unpack the implications of the latest developments in employment relations, from the rise of the gig economy to the role of platform companies, from perspectives such as employment (in)security, equity, fairness, wellbeing and voice. Reviewing the extant literature on the future of work, and exploring the biggest issues facing the modern workforce, this book argues for a research base that allows more sober reflections on the grand claims that dictate the future of work. Empirically-grounded and incisively-argued, the book forms critical reading for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and human resource management, featuring insight into the latest developments in the field. Researchers, policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from its implications for policy and its blending of theory and practice. Trade Review'Many talk about the future of work. This volume refreshingly replaces grand pronouncements, sweeping generalizations, and a narrow focus on technology and the gig economy with thoughtful, nuanced reflections on a wide range of challenges. Taken together, this collection of stimulating chapters results in a robust research agenda that should help define the future of the future of work.' --John W. Budd, University of Minnesota, US, and author of The Thought of WorkTable of ContentsContents: PART I THE CHANGING CONTEXT 1 Understanding the future of work 2 Adrian Wilkinson and Michael Barry PART II CHANGING PRACTICES 2 Work ‘or’ employment in the 21st century: its impact on the employment relationship 19 Chris Brewster and Peter Holland 3 Unpaid work experience and internships: a growing and contested feature of the future of work 33 Paula McDonald and Deanna Grant-Smith 4 Diversity and inclusion in a changing world of work 49 Gill Kirton 5 Contemporary challenges in meaningful work 65 Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden 6 Employment and work in Europe: improvement or just change? 83 David Foden PART III THE FUTURE OF THE FUTURE OF WORK 7 Financing the future of work: who pays? 103 Jean Cushen 8 Future of Work (FoW) and gender 119 Sarah Kaine, Frances Flanagan and Katherine Ravenswood 9 Biotechnological change and its implications 139 David Peetz and Georgina Murray 10 Work and wages in the gig economy: can there be a high road? 156 Joshua Healy and Andreas Pekarek 11 The growing disruptive impact of work automation: where should future research focus? 174 Victor Gekara and Darryn Snell 12 Governing Global Production Networks in the new economy 189 Huw Thomas 13 Navigating the future of work to build meaningful careers 204 Edwin Trevor-Roberts 14 The future of employee engagement: the challenge of separating old wine from new bottles 223 Bruce E. Kaufman, Michael Barry, Adrian Wilkinson and Rafael Gomez Index 245
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work:
Book SynopsisWith the advancement in processing power and storage now enabling algorithms to expand their capabilities beyond their initial narrow applications, technology is becoming increasingly powerful. This highly topical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on work, assessing its effect on an array of economic sectors, the resulting nature of work, and the subsequent policy implications of these changes. Featuring contributions from leading experts across diverse fields, the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding AI’s connections to existing economic, social, and political ecosystems. Considering a range of fields including agriculture, manufacturing, health care, education, law and government, the Handbook provides detailed sector-specific analyses of how AI is changing the nature of work, the challenges it presents and the opportunities it creates. Looking forward, it makes policy recommendations to address concerns, such as the potential displacement of some human labor by AI and growth in inequality affecting those lacking the necessary skills to interact with these technologies or without opportunities to do so.This vital Handbook is an essential read for students and academics in the fields of business and management, information technology, AI, and public policy. It will also be highly informative from a cross-disciplinary perspective for practitioners, as well as policy makers with an interest in the development of AI technology.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work: Interconnections and Policy Implications 1 Martha Garcia-Murillo and Ian MacInnes PART I CONCEPTUALIZING THE HUMAN WITH THE MACHINE 2 The computer says no: how automated decision systems affect workers’ role perceptions in socio-technical systems 16 Sabine T. Koeszegi, Setareh Zafari, and Reinhard Grabler 3 Responsible AI at work: incorporating human values 32 Andreas Theodorou and Andrea Aler Tubella 4 AI-enabled business model and human-in-the-loop (deceptive AI): implications for labor 47 Uma Rani and Rishabh Kumar Dhir 5 Tools for crowdworkers coding data for AI 76 Saiph Savage and Martha Garcia-Murillo PART II SECTORAL USES, APPLICATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES 6 AI and the transformation of agricultural work: economic, social, and environmental implications 96 Andrea Renda 7 AI in manufacturing and the role of humans: processes, robots, and systems 119 Panagiotis Stavropoulos, Kosmas Alexopoulos, Sotiris Makris, Alexios Papacharalampopoulos, Steven Dhondt, and George Chryssolouris 8 Workers and AI in the construction and operation of civil infrastructures 142 Jinding Xing, Zhe Sun, and Pingbo Tang 9 AI-based technology in home-based care in aging societies: challenges and opportunities 166 Naoko Muramatsu, Miloš Žefran, Emily Stiehl, and Thomas Cornwell 10 Artificial intelligence for professional learning 191 Wayne Holmes and Allison Littlejohn 11 Smart automation in entrepreneurial finance: the use of AI in private markets 212 Francesco Corea 12 The artificial creatives: the rise of combinatorial creativity from DALL-E to GPT-3 225 Giancarlo Frosio 13 The judicial system and the work of judges and lawyers in the application of law and sanctions assisted by AI 250 Karim Benyekhlef and Jie Zhu 14 AI and national security 276 Saiph Savage, Gabriela Avila, Norma Elva Chávez, and Martha Garcia-Murillo 15 Governance, government records, and the policymaking process aided by AI 291 Andrea Renda PART III THE LABOR IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT WORK 16 Recurrent memes and technological fallacies 315 David Heatly and Bronwyn Howell 17 AI and income inequality: the danger of exacerbating existing trends toward polarization in the US workforce 338 Dan Sholler and Ian MacInnes 18 The impact of AI on contracts and unionisation 356 Michael Walker Index 371
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd The Governance of Labour Administration: Reforms,
Book SynopsisFocusing on public administration activities in the field of national labour policy, this timely book provides detailed analyses of labour administration reforms, innovations and challenges in different countries, including detailed case studies from Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US.Combining rigorous research and practical policy recommendations, the book contains contributions from top scholars in the fields of economics, employment relations, labour law and public administration, as well as officials from the International Labour Organization (ILO). Chapters offer wide-ranging investigations of topics such as labour inspection, social dialogue involving employer organizations and trade unions, and the role of performance management and new technologies in labour administration. The book further demonstrates the vital role of labour administration in upholding employment rights and promoting employment, emphasizing the ways in which it can contribute to good governance, sustainable development and decent work. This will be a critical read for employment relations, global labour studies and public administration scholars. Policy makers and practitioners working in and around employment policy and labour law will also find this book beneficial, particularly with its in-depth case studies.Trade Review‘This highly instructive book on how labour administration is struggling with challenges in the contemporary world of labour gives a compact analysis of the evolution of national systems in the context of the ILO’s 1978 Labour Administration Convention. The case studies of the reforms and innovations in labour administration presented here, for eight countries on different continents with differing economies, make it essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike.’ -- Kazuo Sugeno, University of Tokyo and Member of the Japan Academy, Japan‘This collection shines an informed light on an area vital to policy delivery – effective labour administration, and its contribution to good public governance. I found the wide-ranging contributions from different regions and perspectives interesting in themselves while together they help identify important preconditions and enablers. The book should be of value to academics across a number of areas including employment relations, as well as key reading for policy makers, social partners and those involved in the staffing and oversight of labour administration bodies.’ -- Linda Dickens, University of Warwick, UK‘Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new forms of work organization such as gig work, temporary work, and freelancing. These developments have brought regulatory questions to the fore. Much attention has been directed at the content of those regulations, yet without effective administration the rules have no teeth. This is a topic that is too often overlooked. The Governance of Labour Administration performs a welcome service by filling this gap via an impressive international comparative study. This volume is an important and useful contribution to the ongoing debate about how best to manage a rapidly changing job market.’ -- Paul Osterman, MIT Sloan School of Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xvi 1 Introduction to The Governance of Labour Administration 1 Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly, Maria Gavris and Maria Luz Vega Ruiz PART I KEY ISSUES IN LABOUR ADMINISTRATION 2 Evolution of national systems of labour administration since the adoption of the ILO Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) 23 José Luis Daza 3 Social dialogue at the dawn of the ILO’s centenary: sorting out challenges, setting priorities for the future 43 Konstantinos Papadakis 4 Understanding ICT use in labour administration: taking stock 68 Anna Milena Galazka PART II LABOUR ADMINISTRATION IN ACTION 5 Governing labour regulations in the future of work: lessons from labour inspection in Brazil 91 Roberto Pires 6 The labour inspection system and labour law reform in France 113 Virginie Forest 7 Minimum wage(s) in Germany: origins, enforcement, effects 130 J. Timo Weishaupt 8 The changing world of work and labour market institutions in India 152 Kingshuk Sarkar 9 Innovative measures for implementing labour laws and role of labour administration: recent developments in Japan 168 Ryuichi Yamakawa 10 ICT-led innovations in labour administration: Sri Lanka’s labour inspection systems application 192 Sunil Chandrasiri and Ramani Gunatilaka 11 Recent developments in U.S. labor policies and programs 210 Christopher T. King and Burt S. Barnow 12 Labour market integration of migrants in Germany? 238 Judith Czepek 13 An analysis of performance management in the South African Department of Labour 262 Robert Cameron Index 284
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform
Book SynopsisThis engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline platforms, their distinct differences and the important roles they play for both large transnational companies and those with a smaller global reach. Chapters explore how labour platforms have become controversial and ambiguous as they increasingly appear to provide important sources of work and income globally but conversely raise concerns over exploitation of workers and the lack of legal protection provided to them. Offering a global perspective and including studies from different continents, the book covers three key areas: platform work in the wider context of contemporary capitalism, labour platforms from an international division of labour perspective, and labour processes and relations. This informative and thought-provoking book is an excellent resource for scholars with a particular interest in political economy, the sociology of work, labour relations and labour policies. Policymakers and regulators looking to understand how to effectively apply existing regulations for platform workers when creating new business models will also find this an invigorating read.Trade Review‘I highly recommend this book to those who have already stepped into the terrain of understanding the platform economy, those who are just taking that step, and those who have not yet begun but are willing to do so. Why? Because this is one of the few existing books that offers a rich, critical, fresh, and contemporary analysis of the platform economy embedded into capital and capitalism worldwide. It reveals what global platform capitalism entails by uncovering its internal social, economic, and political contradictions and tensions from a much-needed critical standpoint.’ -- Valeria Pulignano, ILR Review‘With this edited collection of insightful chapters, Julieta Haidar and Maarten Keune capture the essence of the “contradictions” and “tensions” surrounding the emergence of work and labor relations within the platform economy. This collection memorably illustrates how hegemonic capitalism generates “social order” by re-producing cleavages through establishing new socio-economic and political interdependencies on a global basis. This is a “must” for everyone who wants to learn about the platform economy.’ -- Valeria Pulignano, University of Leuven, Belgium‘In the 21st century we are witnessing what seems to be a paradox. On the one hand, we have an expansion of algorithms and artificial intelligence generating companies that are increasingly wealthy. On the other, there is a new growing portion of the working class who find themselves in an increasingly precarious position and without basic labour rights. How does exploitation in platform capitalism take place? What is new and what is old in these labour relations? How does managerial control occur? And how will the struggles and resistance of this new proletariat of the digital age develop? To better comprehend this complex social phenomenon, this book offers an important contribution.’ -- Ricardo Antunes, University of Campinas, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism 1 Julieta Haidar and Maarten Keune PART I PLATFORM LABOUR IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM 1 Value, rent and platform capitalism 29 Nick Srnicek 2 Platforms and exploitation in informational capitalism 46 Mariano Zukerfeld 3 Platform capitalism – towards the neo-commodification of labour? 69 Petar Marčeta PART II LABOUR PLATFORMS BETWEEN THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL 4 Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork 93 Janine Berg and Uma Rani 5 Global earnings dispaities in remote platform work: liabilities of origin? 111 Vili Lehdonvirta, Isis Hjorth, Helena Barnard and Mark Graham 6 Freelancing globally: upworkers in China and India, neo-liberalisation and the new international putting-out system of labour (NIPL) 133 Wing-Fai Leung, Premilla D’Cruz and Ernesto Noronha PART III LABOUR PROCESS AND LABOUR RELATIONS IN PLATFORM CAPITALISM 7 Digitalized management, control and resistance in platform work: a labour process analysis 157 Simon Joyce and Mark Stuart 8 Collective organization in platform companies in Argentina: between labour union traditions and adaptive strategies 184 Cora Arias, Nicolás Diana Menéndez and Julieta Haidar 9 Collective resistance and organizational creativity amongst Europe’s platform workers: a new power in the labour movement? 205 Kurt Vandaele 10 Digital platform work in Latin America: challenges and perspectives for its regulation 235 Graciela Bensusán and Héctor Santos Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe:
Book SynopsisContingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities. Leading authors explore the potentialities and barriers for collective protection and representation of contingent workers in the platform economy, based on the experiences, needs, and aspirations of workers in Italy and Spain. Chapters undertake in-depth analyses of a diverse and innovative variety of initiatives for the protection, organization, and representation of contingent workers. The book ultimately constructs a framework to interpret the evolution of contingent workers’ experiences, allowing trade unions, social movements, and cooperatives to develop organizational and representative practices that better respond to their needs. This incisive book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of sociology, international relations, political science, and labour law. Its practical insights will also enable trade unionists, activists, and policymakers in the field of labour relations to make informed decisions and identify possible avenues for development.Trade Review‘Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe presents new insights into the growing world of contingent work, which is particularly significant in Southern Europe. A must read for everybody looking for inspiring cases of collective representation of platform workers and freelancers as well as conceptual tools for analyzing new forms of representation and social dialogue among contingent workers.’ -- Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark‘Extremely impressive and highly recommendable, this book contributes to the understanding of the South-European countries’ model of work and employment, in the context of rising contingent work and problematic collective representation for atypical workers. The new aspirations and needs of Italian and Spanish contingent workers are explored together with the innovative forms of collective action.’ -- Vassil Kirov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BulgariaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: what is at stake regarding the collective representation of contingent workers? 1 Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Ivana Pais PART I NEW DEMANDS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR EMERGING LABOUR REALITIES AND IDENTITIES 2 Alternative and contingent work in Italy and Spain: a statistical approach 20 Anna Soru 3 Contingent workers’ expectations for a collective voice: between individualism and the need for representation 37 Sofía Pérez de Guzmán PART II ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR INTERMITTENT WORK 4 Doc servizi: how the cooperative model can support the music industry 55 Anna Mori 5 Smart Ibérica business impulse cooperative: ‘not just a means of invoicing for your work’ 75 Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Lucía del Moral-Espín 6 Humus Job: a collective voice for ethical work 95 Cecilia Manzo PART III BUILDING SOLIDARITIES AMONG PLATFORM WORKERS 7 Tu respuesta sindical YA: a new tool to meet the demands of workers engaged through digital platforms 111 Ester Ulloa-Unanue 8 Collective strategies of resistance to the precarious labour conditions in the digital platform economy: the case of Riders x Derechos 132 Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio 9 Consegne Etiche: the ethical platform for food delivery 155 Davide Arcidiacono and Ivana Pais PART IV NEW MODELS OF PROTECTION AND REPRESENTATION OF CONTINGENT WORKERS 10 Towards new forms of economic and political action: from voice to entry 177 Ivana Pais and Anna Mori 11 Conclusion: contingent workers’ voice in Southern Europe after Covid-19 197 Ivana Pais, Sofía Pérez de Guzmán and Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio Index
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Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Digital Transitions and Innovation in
Book SynopsisThis timely book provides an innovative study of the profound changes and latest challenges facing the construction sector. It adopts a socio-technical approach to analyse not only the role of technological factors, but also that of actors and their social dialogue and industrial relations. Digital Transitions and Innovation in Construction Value Chains investigates evolution within the construction sector relating to increased digitalization, including the growing use of smart devices and building information modeling (BIM) applications. Drawing on research from across Europe, chapters detail methodologies based on three main data sources: direct observation, documentary analysis and qualitative survey tools. Ultimately, they highlight the advantages and potential disadvantages of the role of social dialogue and collective bargaining for the democratic management of digitalization in the sector. Academics and researchers within the fields of economics, innovation and construction management will find the methodologies and conclusions presented within this book to be of great benefit. Practitioners in the construction sector will also appreciate the insights offered.Trade Review‘At last, a book that carefully considers both the potential dangers of digitalisation as well as the benefits for the construction workforce, including through improved work organisation and qualifications, if social partners - and especially the unions - across Europe, play a key role in its implementation, control and monitoring. This should be essential reading for all those concerned with innovation, industrial relations, and achieving an equitable society.’ -- Linda Clarke, University of Westminster, UK‘The construction sector finds itself at the epicentre of both the digital and the green transition but has been much less researched than the manufacturing sector. Filling this gap, this book provides a comparative analysis across the value chain with a systemic vision of change that lays down a framework for a just socio-technical transition towards digitalisation.’ -- Bela Galgoczi, European Trade Union Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1 The role of industrial relations for equitable socio-technical change in construction value chains: overview 1 Serena Rugiero and Daniele Di Nunzio 2 A quantitative analysis of the European construction sector: productivity, investment, and competitiveness 18 Alessandro Bellocchi and Giuseppe Travaglini 3 The Belgian construction sector: growing practices of digitalization and the challenge of relevant social dialogue practices 50 Marine Franssen and Frédéric Naedenoen 4 Digital transformation in the construction sector in Bulgaria and the role of the social partners 67 Yuliya Simeonova and Svetla Toneva 5 Digital transformation in the French construction sector: articulating technological transformation with a socio-economic transition 80 Christophe Teissier 6 Is construction work becoming more industrial and off-site? Digitalisation in the construction sector in Germany 98 Gernot Mühge and Tim Harbecke 7 Digitisation in the Italian construction sector: the constructive process beyond the productive perimeter 116 Gianluca De Angelis, Daniele Di Nunzio, Serena Rugiero and Nicoletta Brachini 8 Digitisation of construction in Spain: changes in value chains, work organisation and working conditions 134 Jesús Cruces Aguilera and Luis de la Fuente Sanz 9 Comparative analysis of the country case studies 154 Daniele Di Nunzio and Serena Rugiero 10 Final considerations and policy recommendations 193 Daniele Di Nunzio and Serena Rugiero Index
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