{"product_id":"industrial-relations-9781444308853","title":"Industrial Relations","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis revised edition of \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Relations: Theory and Practice\u003c\/i\u003e follows the approach established successfully in preceding volumes edited by Paul Edwards. The focus is on Britain after a decade of public policy which has once again altered the terrain on which employment relations develop. Government has attempted to balance flexibility with fairness, preserving light-touch regulation whilst introducing rights to minimum wages and to employee representation in the workplace. Yet this is an open economy, conditioned significantly by developing patterns of international trade and by European Union policy initiatives. This interaction of domestic and cross-national influences in analysis of changes in employment relations runs throughout the volume.  \u003cp\u003eThe structure has been amended slightly. Britain is placed straight away in comparative perspective before attention focuses explicitly on employment relations actors, contexts, processes, and outcomes. Each of the chapters is wri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures and Tables.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Common Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Work, the Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations (\u003ci\u003eTrevor Colling and Michael Terry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One British Industrial Relations in Comparative Context.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 British Industrial Relations: Between Security and Flexibility (\u003ci\u003eColin Crouch\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 British Industrial Relations: The European Dimension (\u003ci\u003eRichard Hyman\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two Actors.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Management: Caught Between Competing Views of the Organization (\u003ci\u003eKeith Sisson and John Purcell\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 State, Capital and Labour Relations in Crisis (\u003ci\u003eJason Heyes and Peter Nolan\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Trade Unions: Power and Infl uence in a Changed Context (\u003ci\u003eMelanie Simms and Andy Charlwood\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three Contexts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Public Sector Industrial Relations: The Challenge of Modernization (\u003ci\u003eStephen Bach\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Industrial Relations in the Private Sector (\u003ci\u003eJames Arrowsmith\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Multinational Companies: Transforming National Industrial Relations? (\u003ci\u003ePaul Marginson and Guglielmo Meardi\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Industrial Relations in Small Firms (\u003ci\u003eMonder Ram and Paul Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four Processes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Negotiation and Collective Bargaining (\u003ci\u003eWilliam Brown\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Employee Representation (\u003ci\u003eMichael Terry\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Changing Legal Framework of Employment Relations (\u003ci\u003eLinda Dickens and Mark Hall\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Legal Institutions and the Regulation of Workplaces (\u003ci\u003eTrevor Colling\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Five Outcomes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Pay and Working Time: Shifting Contours of the Employment Relationship (\u003ci\u003eDamien Grimshaw and Jill Rubery\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Industrial Relations and Economic Performance (\u003ci\u003ePaul Edwards and Sukanya Sengupta\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Skills Policy and the Displacement of Industrial Relations: The Elephant in the Corner? (\u003ci\u003eEwart Keep, Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Equality and Diversity: The Ultimate Industrial Relations Concern (\u003ci\u003eDeborah Dean and Sonia Liff\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408381845847,"sku":"9781444308853","price":39.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444308853.jpg?v=1730502698","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/industrial-relations-9781444308853","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}