Bargaining power / Roderick Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

1940- Martin., author.

Contributor:

Roderick.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Industrial relations--Great Britain.

Industrial relations.

Labor unions--Great Britain--Political activity.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Aims to provide an analytical treatment of bargaining power, looking at explanations of the balance of power between management and unions. The author argues that trade union power has declined less than global figures of declining membership suggest.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Roads to capitalism: alternative approaches to post-socialist capitalisms; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Alternative models of capitalism; 1.3 Neo-institutional theory; 1.4 Post-socialist capitalisms; 1.5 Path dependence; 1.6 Conclusion; 2. Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania: political and economic contexts; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Political contexts; 2.2.1 Poland; 2.2.2 The Czech Republic; 2.2.3 Hungary; 2.2.4 Romania; 2.3 Economic contexts; 2.3.1 Economic performance; 2.3.2 Economic structure; 2.3.3 Employment

2.3.4 Unemployment2.3.5 Income inequality; 2.3.6 Education; 2.3.7 Innovation; 2.3.8 The financial crisis 2008-11; 2.4 Summary and conclusion; 3. Ownership transformation; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Changes in property ownership regimes under socialism; 3.2.1 State and collective ownership; 3.2.2 Private ownership; 3.3 Transforming property ownership regimes; 3.3.1 Setting the agenda; 3.3.2 Implementing the agenda; 3.3.3 Changes in property ownership under post-socialism; 3.4 Ownership and control; 3.4.1 The theory of real owners; 3.4.2 Exit and investor engagement as means of controlling managers

3.5 De novo post-socialist enterprises3.6 Summary and conclusion: property ownership and post-socialist transformation; 4. Capital accumulation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Banks; 4.2.1 Gradual institutional change; 4.2.2 Growth of foreign ownership; 4.2.3 Bank contribution to business finance; 4.3 Capital markets; 4.4 International capital investment; 4.4.1 National origin of international investment; 4.4.2 FDI destinations; 4.4.3 Sector distribution; 4.4.4 Forms of FDI; 4.5 Summary and conclusion; 5. Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Romania in the international economy; 5.1 Introduction

5.2 International trade5.3 The role of multinationals; 5.4 Motor vehicles, electronics, clothing, and pharmaceuticals; 5.4.1 Motor vehicles; 5.4.2 Electronics; 5.4.3 Clothing; 5.4.4 Pharmaceuticals; 5.5 Multinationals and domestically owned enterprises; 5.6 Summary and conclusion: incorporating CEE into the global economy; 6. The role of the state; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Building the new economy: governments and business systems; 6.3 The state and business; 6.4 The state and labour; 6.5 Summary and conclusion; 7. Segmented capitalisms: one business system or several?; 7.1 Introduction

7.2 Segmented business systems: Hungary7.2.1 State segment; 7.2.2 Privatized segment; 7.2.3 De novo segment; 7.2.4 International segment; 7.3 Summary and conclusion: the emergence of segmented capitalisms; 8. Managing labour; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Institutional transformation; 8.2.1 Trade unions; 8.2.2 Employers' organizations; 8.2.3 Employment relations systems; 8.2.4 Work organization; 8.3 Management-labour relations: labour weakness; 8.4 Segmentation and employment relations; 8.5 Summary and conclusion; 9. Conclusion: constructing capitalisms; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Objectives and direction

9.3 The inheritance

Notes:

Bibliography: p184-193. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-379) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-01622-4

0-19-827255-3

1-299-35606-0

0-19-163194-9

OCLC:

927461004