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Book SynopsisBy presenting a research agenda the editors reveal the need for a labour revitalization process that takes into account national and regional sensibilities, regarding such an undertaking in the key labour markets of the world.
Trade Review"...all those interested in the vital question of organized labor's future will find valuable insights in Labor Revitalization." - Craig Phelan, LABOR HISTORY
Table of ContentsLabor-worker relations and labor revitalization - the challenge of union bureaucratization - reviving the labor movement - a comparative perspective, L. Turner; made in the USA, imported into Britain - the organizing model and the limits of transferability, B. Carter et al; organising for renewal - a case study of the UK's organising academy, E. Heery et al; revitalization of the labor movement in The Netherlands - with or without the traditional unions?, L. Beukema, H. Coenen. labor-employer relations and labor revitalization - reshaping employment relations: regional development and new labor strategies - trade unions and the new car plants in Resende, Brazil, A. Rangel de Paiva Abreu, J.R. Ramalho; Korean white-collar unions' journey to labor solidarity - the historic path from industrial to enterprise unionism, Doowon Suh; labor-state relations and labor revitalization - political opportunity and labor autonomy from the state - labor revitalization? the case of Australia, R. Cooper et al; Mexican trade unionism in the face of political transition, E. de la Garza Toledo; political transition and labor revitalization in Mexico, G. Bensus n, M.L. Cook; relegitimization of the union movement in Venezuela, H. Lucena.
