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The Ninth Countess Markievicz Memorial Lecture: Strategies of state Mobilization in Irish Industrial Relations

Peillon’s analysis of "Strategies of State Mobilization in Irish Industrial Relations" describes how the Irish state actively organizes and manages popular energy—specifically workers and unions—to align with national industrial development…

Industrial Relations in the Future: Trends and Possibilities in Britain Over the Next Decade

Drawing on a wealth of research data, this book highlights probable developments in Britain’s system of industrial relations into in the 1990s. It also provides a basis for further and detailed analysis and debate of issues central to the…

Redefining Public Sector Unionism: UNISON and the Future of Trade Unions

This volume brings together a selection of contributions from expert academics and leading figures of the union itself, wherein the achievements and failures of UNISON since its creation in 1993, and the challenges it will face in the future, are…

Theories of Trade Unionism

This comprehensive study traces the development of the trade union theory from its nineteenth century foundation to the more advanced conceptual models of today. Michael Poole surveys the main tributaries of modern approaches - the moral and ethical,…

Industrial relations: A Textbook

Introductory textbook on labour relations in the UK - discusses the development and structure of trade unions, the roles of industrial enterprises, industrial management and employers' organizations, and treats industrial conflicts, strikes and…

The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States

Michael Goldfield challenges standard explanations for union decline, arguing that the major causes are to be found in the changing relations between classes. Goldfield combines innovative use of National Labor Relations Board certification election…

NCI Presidents Award 2023 submission - Norma Smurfit Library

A video submitted by NCI Library for consideration for the 2023 NCI Presidents Award, featuring information and images about prior iterations of the Library and the move to the new location at Spencer Dock.

1st Cite @ NCI (bibliographies and referencing made easy) 2010

Referencing guide published by Norma Smurfit Library, National College of Ireland for their users. First printed in 2009, reprinted in 2010.

National College of Ireland: Past, Present, Future

This book writes about the history of the National College of Ireland from its origins in the Catholic Workers' College to its move to the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) and beyond.ISBN: 1905785364, 9781905785360The book is also…

Servants to the Public: A History of the Local Government and Public Services Union, 1901-1990

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…

Portrait of Robert Miller

Lecturer in Informatics, National College of Ireland

Portrait of Leona Wall

Marketing Executive, National College of Ireland

Portrait of Karen Murray

Lecturer, National College of Ireland.

Portrait of Bob Quinn

Staff member of the National College of Ireland.

Portrait of Brendan McEvoy

Staff member of the National College of Ireland.