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Summary
Summary
Breaking new ground and drawing on contributions from the leading academics in the field, this notable volume focuses specifically on industrial relations. Informative and revealing, the text provides an overview of the industrial relations systems of nine regions (North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and India) and is divided into two distinct sections covering:
regional variations in global industrial relations systems contemporary themes in global industrial relations.Combining both systems and thematic issues, this important new text is invaluable reading for postgraduates and professionals in the fields of human resources management, industrial relations and business and management as well as anyone studying or interested in the issues surrounding global industrial relations.
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Morley and Gunnigle (Univ. of Limerick, Ireland) and Collings (Univ. of Sheffield, UK) have edited a well-researched text on international labor relations. Its simple framework begins with a description of labor variations in nine global regions. Chapters on Latin America, the Middle East, North America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and India feature comparative tables of economic activity, union affiliation, and strike activity. Not all countries are discussed within the larger regions. The North American chapter contrasts Canadian and American labor relations. The latter half of the book focuses on trends in unionization, strikes, international labor standards, collective bargaining, international law, and the role of multinational and global corporations. Discussions about the International Labor Organization, Council of Europe, European Union, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, and North American Free Trade Agreement feature guidelines of ethical behavior, such as limits on child labor. Rising above Sweatshops: Innovative Approaches to Global Labor Challenges, edited by Laura Hartman, Denis Arnold, and Richard Wokutch (CH, Oct'04, 42-1040), provides a more company-specific view of labor relations challenges. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. International labor relations collections, upper-division undergraduate through practitioner. G. E. Kaupins Boise State University
Table of Contents
| List of illustrations | p. ix |
| Notes on contributors | p. xi |
| Foreword | p. xvi |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Part I Regional variations in global industrial relations | p. 23 |
| 1 Industrial relations in the United States and Canada | p. 25 |
| 2 Industrial relations in Latin America | p. 53 |
| 3 Industrial relations in Western Europe | p. 71 |
| 4 Industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe | p. 86 |
| 5 Industrial relations in the Middle East | p. 106 |
| 6 Industrial relations in Australia and New Zealand: the path from conciliation and arbitration | p. 124 |
| 7 Industrial relations in Asia: old regimes and new orders | p. 146 |
| 8 Industrial relations in Africa | p. 178 |
| 9 Industrial relations in India | p. 199 |
| Part II Contemporary developments in global industrial relations | p. 219 |
| 10 International trends in unionization | p. 221 |
| 11 International labour standards | p. 239 |
| 12 International collective bargaining | p. 254 |
| 13 Contemporary strike trends since 1980: peering through the wrong end of a telescope | p. 273 |
| 14 The juridification of industrial relations: the role of labour law in a globalised economy | p. 292 |
| 15 Multinationals, globalisation, and industrial relations | p. 326 |
| Index | p. 349 |
