Trade Unions: Resurgence or Demise?Sue Fernie, David Metcalf This book features original research underpinned with theory drawn from economics, organization theory, history and social psychology. The authors deliver a comprehensive analysis of trade unions’ prospects in the new millennium as well as case studies which deal with topical issues such as:
Written by some of the leading scholars in the area, this book gives an insight into union prospects for the future and has important policy implications for all parties concerned with industrial relations, unions, employers and governments. |
Contents
introduction and conclusions | 1 |
a historicalinstitutionalist perspective on the future of unions in Britain | 19 |
endogeneity in union decline | 45 |
4 Social movement theory and union revitalization in Britain | 62 |
resurgence or perdition? An economic analysis | 83 |
6 Union responses to publicprivate partnerships in the National Health Service | 118 |
what chance of a procedural role? | 138 |
the contribution of the Internet to reviving union fortunes | 162 |
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