Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilization, Collectivism, and Long WavesThis original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers:
Containing a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations, it argues that the area is often under-theorized and influenced by the policy agenda of the state or employers, and will prove informative reading for students of industrial relations. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The field of Industrial relations | 4 |
Mobilization theory | 24 |
Mobilization and industrial relations | 39 |
Olsonian theory and collective action a critique | 66 |
LONG WAVES IN INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Mobilization and countermobilization in historical perspective | 83 |
Postmodernism and the end of the labour movement a critique | 108 |
Conclusions | 126 |
Notes | 133 |
Bibliography | 143 |
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Other editions - View all
Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilisation, Collectivism and Long Waves John Kelly Limited preview - 2012 |
Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilization, Collectivism, and Long Waves John E. Kelly No preview available - 1998 |
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