Description
Book SynopsisThis book brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field, and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society.
Table of Contents1: Introduction - Trade Unions and democracy: possibilities and contradictions
2: Trade unions and theories of democracy
3: Neo-Liberal reforms and accords: are they compatible with democracy?
4: Trade unions and democracy: can the third way recast the lnk?
5: Unions and non-standard employment
6: New forms of work and the representational gap: a Durban case study
7: The changing impact and strength of the labour movement in advanced societies
8: The U.S. and Canadian labour movements: markets vs. states and societies
9: The rise and fall of the organizing model in the US
10: Union growth and reversal in newly industrialised countries: The case of South Korea and peripheral workers
11: The rise of unions in semi-industrialized countries: the cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe
12: Social movement unionism
13: Unions and politics
14: Trade union democracy: the dynamics of different forms
15: Unions and social partnerships
16: Engagement or disengagement? unions and a new politics
17: Conclusion
