{"product_id":"industrial-relations-isbn-9781444308853","title":"Industrial Relations","description":"This 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 written by authorities in the field and provides up to date analysis and commentary. A spine of chapters from the preceding volume have been revised and extensively updated and new chapters have been added to refine coverage of issues such as the private sector and developing legal institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverall, a picture emerges of an economy that is in incremental and contested transition. The imperatives of 'globalization' now infuse governance mechanisms that were once responsive principally to domestic agenda and employment standards are set now by the state that once were established through collective bargaining. It is this fragile and emerging model that will be tested significantly through sustained political and economic change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Completely revised, the latest edition of \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Relations\u003c\/i\u003e provides an invaluable guide to the actors, contexts, processes and significant outcomes within British employment relations. Based on a thorough review of the latest research, it is essential reading for students, academics and those professionally involved in employment relations and human resource management.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEdmund Heery\u003c\/b\u003e, Cardiff Business School\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a terrific collection of insightful analyses of British workplace relations in a global context provided by leading scholars. The chapters creatively utilize a multidisciplinary and critical approach that reveals the continuing and unique value of an industrial relations perspective. The volume cleverly assesses how factors including increased demographic diversity, organizational restructuring, globalization, and the reduced coverage of collective bargaining are affecting the nature and evolution of work and workplace relations. It is a must read.\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eHarry C. Katz\u003c\/b\u003e, Cornell University, New York\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This volume definitely constitutes the most comprehensive and best collection of empirical as well as analytical essays on industrial relations in Great Britain. This substantially revised, enlarged and updated version of its well known predecessors puts the specific national experience in comparative context and international perspective. A truly interdisciplinary volume by leading authorities, this has to be highly recommended for domestic as well as foreign scholars, practitioners and policy makers.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eBernt Keller\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Konstanz, Germany\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"With working people facing the worst crisis in generations, this book is a much needed reminder of the crucial importance of employment relations research in Britain. The 3rd edition of \u003ci\u003eIndustrial Relations\u003c\/i\u003e, which coincides with the 40th anniversary of the IRRU at Warwick University, provides a completely updated, cutting-edge analysis by leading scholars on work and employment developments in contemporary Britain. It delivers a most informative view of modern employment, its problems and possibilities. A must for students and practitioners in employment relations, human resource management and industrial sociology.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eProfessor Carola Frege\u003c\/b\u003e, London School of Economics and Editor of BJIR\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Figures and Tables vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Common Abbreviations ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Contributors xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Work, the Employment Relationship and the Field of Industrial Relations 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrevor Colling and Michael Terry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection One British Industrial Relations in Comparative Context 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 British Industrial Relations: Between Security and Flexibility 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Crouch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 British Industrial Relations: The European Dimension 54\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Hyman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Two Actors 81\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Management: Caught Between Competing Views of the Organization 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeith Sisson and John Purcell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 State, Capital and Labour Relations in Crisis 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Heyes and Peter Nolan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Trade Unions: Power and Infl uence in a Changed Context 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelanie Simms and Andy Charlwood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Three Contexts 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Public Sector Industrial Relations: The Challenge of Modernization 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Bach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Industrial Relations in the Private Sector 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Arrowsmith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Multinational Companies: Transforming National Industrial Relations? 207\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Marginson and Guglielmo Meardi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Industrial Relations in Small Firms 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonder Ram and Paul Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Four Processes 253\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Negotiation and Collective Bargaining 255\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Employee Representation 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Terry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The Changing Legal Framework of Employment Relations 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLinda Dickens and Mark Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Legal Institutions and the Regulation of Workplaces 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrevor Colling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection Five Outcomes 347\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Pay and Working Time: Shifting Contours of the Employment Relationship 349\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDamien Grimshaw and Jill Rubery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Industrial Relations and Economic Performance 378\u003cbr\u003e\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? 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEwart Keep, Caroline Lloyd and Jonathan Payne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Equality and Diversity: The Ultimate Industrial Relations Concern 422\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeborah Dean and Sonia Liff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 447\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrevor Colling\u003c\/b\u003e, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations, Warwick Business School; Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group; Industrial Relations Research Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Terry\u003c\/b\u003e, Emeritus Professor, Warwick Business School; Industrial Relations and Organisational Behaviour Group; Industrial Relations Research Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e  This 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 written by authorities in the field and provides up to date analysis and commentary. A spine of chapters from the preceding volume have been revised and extensively updated and new chapters have been added to refine coverage of issues such as the private sector and developing legal institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverall, a picture emerges of an economy that is in incremental and contested transition. The imperatives of 'globalization' now infuse governance mechanisms that were once responsive principally to domestic agenda and employment standards are set now by the state that once were established through collective bargaining. It is this fragile and emerging model that will be tested significantly through sustained political and economic change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989418426597,"sku":"NP9781444308853","price":64.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444308853.jpg?v=1761784027","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/industrial-relations-isbn-9781444308853","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}