Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice, 3rd EditionISBN: 978-1-4443-0885-3
Paperback
494 pages
March 2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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The structure has been amended slightly. Britain is placed straight away in comparative perspective before attention focuses explicitly on employment relations actors, contexts, processes, and outcomes. Each of the chapters is written by authorities in the field and provides up to date analysis and commentary. A spine of chapters from the preceding volume have been revised and extensively updated and new chapters have been added to refine coverage of issues such as the private sector and developing legal institutions.
Overall, a picture emerges of an economy that is in incremental and contested transition. The imperatives of 'globalization' now infuse governance mechanisms that were once responsive principally to domestic agenda and employment standards are set now by the state that once were established through collective bargaining. It is this fragile and emerging model that will be tested significantly through sustained political and economic change.
"Completely revised, the latest edition of Industrial
Relations provides an invaluable guide to the actors, contexts,
processes and significant outcomes within British employment
relations. Based on a thorough review of the latest research, it is
essential reading for students, academics and those professionally
involved in employment relations and human resource
management."
—Edmund Heery, Cardiff Business School
"This is a terrific collection of insightful analyses of British
workplace relations in a global context provided by leading
scholars. The chapters creatively utilize a multidisciplinary and
critical approach that reveals the continuing and unique value of
an industrial relations perspective. The volume cleverly assesses
how factors including increased demographic diversity,
organizational restructuring, globalization, and the reduced
coverage of collective bargaining are affecting the nature and
evolution of work and workplace relations. It is a must read.
—Harry C. Katz, Cornell University, New York
"This volume definitely constitutes the most comprehensive and
best collection of empirical as well as analytical essays on
industrial relations in Great Britain. This substantially revised,
enlarged and updated version of its well known predecessors puts
the specific national experience in comparative context and
international perspective. A truly interdisciplinary volume by
leading authorities, this has to be highly recommended for domestic
as well as foreign scholars, practitioners and policy
makers."
—Bernt Keller, University of Konstanz, Germany
"With working people facing the worst crisis in generations,
this book is a much needed reminder of the crucial importance of
employment relations research in Britain. The 3rd edition of
Industrial Relations, which coincides with the 40th
anniversary of the IRRU at Warwick University, provides a
completely updated, cutting-edge analysis by leading scholars on
work and employment developments in contemporary Britain. It
delivers a most informative view of modern employment, its problems
and possibilities. A must for students and practitioners in
employment relations, human resource management and industrial
sociology."
—Professor Carola Frege, London School of Economics
and Editor of BJIR