Trade unions and workplace democracy in Africa / Gérard Kester ; with one chapter by Akua O. Britwum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kester, Gérard.

Contributor:

Britwum, Akua O.

Series:

Contemporary employment relations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor unions--Political activity--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Labor unions.

Labor unions--Political activity.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Democracy--Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Democracy.

Physical Description:

xv, 329 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

Post-independence labour relations in Africa

The development of workplace democracy

A theory of the dynamics of workplace democracy

Studying democratic participation in Africa

Conditions of work and employment

The trade union condition

The struggle for workplace democracy in Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Ghana and South Africa

Statutory workplace democracy in Zambia, Tanzania and Zimbabwe

Managerial prerogatives versus participation prerogatives

The gender of trade union democratic participation in Ghana / by Akua O. Britwum

Towards more meaningful and effective workplace democracy

Building a trade union agenda

Trade unions and workplace democracy in a globalising economy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-316) and index.

ISBN:

9780754649977

0754649970

OCLC:

82172582