Trade unions in Western Europe : hard times, hard choices / Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Richard Hyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gumbrell-McCormick.

Contributor:

Hyman, Richard.

Rebecca..

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Labor movement--Europe, Western.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Europe, Western.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (263 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This title examines trade unions in ten European countries Britain, Ireland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Italy. It explores their historical evolution, the current challenges which they face such as membership loss and a weakening of collective bargaining, and their response to these challenges.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. Mapping the Terrain: Varieties of Industrial Relations and Trade Unionism; 2. Hard Times: Challenges and Responses; 3. Renewing Power Resources: Recruitment, Representation, and Mobilization; 4. Restructuring Trade Unionism: Mergers and Organizational Redesign; 5. Bargaining in Adversity: Decentralization, Social Partnership, and the Crisis; 6. Unions and Politics: Parties, Alliances, and the Battle of Ideas; 7. Beyond National Boundaries: Unions, Europe, and the World

8. Hard Choices: Reconciling Strategy and DemocracyReferences; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 6, 2013).

ISBN:

0-19-166469-3

0-19-964441-1

OCLC:

861535461