Geoffrey Wood

Trade Unions and Democracy

Strategies and Perspectives

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 154mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781412805711
• ISBN-10: 1412805716
• Artikelnr.: 21402578

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Wood

Inhaltsangabe

1: Introduction - trade unions and democracy: possibilities and contradictions
2: Trade unions and theories of democracy
3: Neo-liberal reforms and accords: are they compatible with democracy?
4: Trade unions and democracy: can the 'third way' recast the link?
5: Trade unions and non-standard employment
6: New forms of work and the representational gap: a Durban case study
7: The changing impact and strength of the labour movement in advanced societies
8: The US and Canadian labour movements: markets vs. states and societies
9: The rise and fall of the organizing model in the US
10: Union growth and reversal in newly industrialized countries: the case of South Korea and peripheral workers
11: The rise of unions in semi-industrialized countries: the cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe
12: Social movement unionism
13: Trade unions and political parties
14: Trade union democracy: the dynamics of different forms
15: Trade unions, social partnerships and national business systems
16: Engagement or disengangement? Unions and a new politics
17: Conclusion: broadening democracy and the labour movement