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Europe has experienced a period of rapid change in traditional employee relations practice. Employee Relations in Europe reviews employee relations practice, analyses current developments in Europe and examines the impact of European Community…

This study surveys the development of British trade unionism during the period of its transformation from a narrowly based, craft centered movement to a mass movement embracing all grade of workers, regardless of skills or training.

Dr Lovell…

This report, led by John Horgan of the Labour Court, addressed critical industrial relations in Dublin Port, recommending a reduction in the workforce to 120 dockers, which was later modified to increase redundancy payments. It aimed to resolve…

What are the effects of Britain’s trade unions upon pay, productivity and jobs?

How has management attempted to increase flexibility at the workplace in the 1980s? Is this really a new phenomenon, and how should unions respond?

Is there a…

An economics and political economy textbook which discusses descriptive issues such as which nations had benefited more in a system of trade based on comparative advantages. This book also discusses normative issues as ideal systems of political…

John Locke: Economist and Social Scientist is a comprehensive treatment of Locke’s economic thought and its relationship to his political and social philosophy, a subject that until now has been neglected by Locke scholars.

The first half of…

The Oxford Book of Work is both a literary anthology and an account of the nature of work and our attitudes to it. Drawing upon imaginative writing as well as documentary accounts from people in various occupations, it explores every aspect of work.

At a time of severe crisis in the Labour Movement, there has never been a greater need for rethinking the aims and methods of socialism. Ken Coates and Tony Topham, who have been tireless in their arguments within the Labour Movement about its…

British Trade Unions once so influential, are now on the defensive. In the face of world economic recession and mass unemployment, their industrial power has been eroded, their membership has declined and industrial action has increasingly become…

A foundational policy document from Ireland's Labour Relations Commission (LRC) aiming to move industrial relations from an adversarial system toward partnership. It proposed proactive mediation to prevent disputes and foster harmonious workplace…

A foundational policy document from Ireland's Labour Relations Commission (LRC) aiming to move industrial relations from an adversarial system toward partnership. It proposed proactive mediation to prevent disputes and foster harmonious workplace…

The Crisis in British Society has many facets: devaluation, the hostility between the labour government and the trade unions, the radical student movement, the growth of racialism.

The Perspectives series is a new attempt to analyze these…

West Germany from 1949 to 1990 was a story of virtually unparalleled political and economic success. This economic miracle incorporated a well-functioning political democracy, expanded to include a ‘social partnership’ system of economic…

The History of the LGPSU is not only the history of the trade union. It is also a history of the public service sector in independent Ireland and its often-difficult relationship with the estate. Born in the war of independence, the local government…