Unions and globalisation : governments, management, and the state at work / Peter Fairbrother. [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fairbrother, Peter, author.

Series:

Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context ; 7.

Routledge studies in employment and work relations in context ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government employee unions--Australia.

Government employee unions.

Government employee unions--Great Britain.

Employee-management relations in government--Australia.

Employee-management relations in government.

Employee-management relations in government--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In recent decades, trade unions have suffered major reversals and experienced declining memberships. Transnational corporations and state-owned multi-nationals have increasingly implemented deteriorating terms and conditions of employment, with vulnerable and insecure job contracts. In this context, there has been a wide-ranging debate about the form of trade unionism, the bases for collective organization and struggle and the future of trade unionism. This book addresses these questions both theoretically, in relation to debates, as well as substantively via a series of selected stu

Contents:

Unions and Globalisation Governments, Management, and the State at Work; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 State Restructuring in Two States; 2 A Conceptual Analysis: Changing State Management and Trade Unions; 3 Pathways to Change: The Restructuring of the Administrative State; 4 Trade Unions Addressing Change; 5 Remoulding the State Labour Process; 6 The State, Depoliticisation and Unions; 7 Public Sector Unions: Contesting Individualisation, Defending Collectivity; 8 A Way Forward?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-223) and index.

ISBN:

1-136-70819-7

1-283-44339-2

9786613443397

0-203-81458-4

1-136-70820-0

9780203814581

OCLC:

787842364