Who Rules America Now?
Who Rules America Now?

Author: G. William Domhoff

Publisher: Touchstone

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13:

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The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical evidence that a fixed group of privileged people dominates the American economy and government. The book demonstrates that an upper class comprising only one-half of one percent of the population occupies key positions within the corporate community. It shows how leaders within this "power elite" reach government and dominate it through processes of special-interest lobbying, policy planning and candidate selection. It is written not to promote any political ideology, but to analyze our society with accuracy.

International and Comparative Industrial Relations
International and Comparative Industrial Relations

Author: Greg J. Bamber

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-21

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 104012223X

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International and Comparative Industrial Relations (1987) analyses the factors which have shaped industrial relations in a range of different countries, including the characteristics of the major groups and parties concerned, and the nature and types of bargaining relationships which have evolved. A substantial comparative chapter examines trends within market economies as a whole, and a statistical appendix provides some valuable comparative labour market data. Each chapter follows a similar format, with an examination of the environment of industrial relations – economic, legal, social and political – and the major players – unions, employers and governments. Then follow descriptions of the main processes of industrial relations, such as local and centralised collective bargaining, arbitration and mediation, joint consultation and employee participation. Important topics are picked out, such as labour law reform, industrial democracy, technological change and incomes policy.

The Transformation of American Industrial Relations
The Transformation of American Industrial Relations

Author: Thomas A. Kochan

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780875463209

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Ch. 1. A Strategic Choice Perspective on Industrial Relations -- Ch. 2. Historical Evolution of the U.S. Collective Bargaining System -- Ch. 3. The Emergence of the Nonunion Industrial Relations System -- Ch. 4. Industrial Relations Systems at the Workplace -- Ch. 5. The Process and Results of Negotiations -- Ch. 6. Changing Workplace Industrial Relations in Unionized Settings -- Ch. 7. Union Engagement of Strategic Business Decisions -- Ch. 8. American Workers and Industrial Relations Institutions -- Ch. 9. Strategic Choices Shaping the Future.

The State, Industrial Relations and the Labour Movement in Latin America
The State, Industrial Relations and the Labour Movement in Latin America

Author: Jean Carriere

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1989-06-18

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1349059056

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An examination of the role of the Latin American State in the day-to-day practice of collective bargaining and the conflicts surrounding it. It also provides a study of the social and political role of labour and the impact of today's economic crisis on existing patterns of organization.

The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States
The Decline of Organized Labor in the United States

Author: Michael Goldfield

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1989-05-15

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780226301037

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Goldfield provides a statistical and historical examination of the erosion of unionization in the private sector. Based on National Labor Relations Board data, which serve as an accurate measure of union growth in the private sector, he argues that standard explanations for union decline--structural, industrial, occupational, demographic, and geographic changes--are insupportable or erroneous. He makes a compelling case that the decline is due to changing class relationships, determined corporate anti-unionism, lack of realism on the part of the unions, and a public view of unions as too powerful and untrustworthy. Goldfield maintains that by understanding the decline of U.S. labor unions it is possible to understand the conditions necessary for their rebirth and resurgence. ISBN 0-226-30102-8: $27.50.

Change in Industrial Relations
Change in Industrial Relations

Author: P.B. Beaumont

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-10-21

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1040121764

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Change in Industrial Relations (1990) examines the industrial relations system in the UK at the end of the 1980s, after a decade of changes such as the growth of non-union firms, trade union decline, the emergence of human resource management practices, and increase in labour–management co-operation. The author describes the major features of the system and discusses the recent changes, drawing on insights from economics, organizational behaviour, and urban and regional research, as well as from the traditional literature of industrial relations. Focusing on collective bargaining, he examines the practices of the British system of industrial relations in recent years, and places the UK in a wider context by providing facts and figures for other national systems, in particular making extensive reference to developments and research in the USA.

The Origins & Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States
The Origins & Evolution of the Field of Industrial Relations in the United States

Author: Bruce E. Kaufman

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780875461922

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Bruce Kaufman provides a detailed exploration of the historical development of the field of industrial relations. He identifies two distinct schools of thought evident since the field's origins in the 1920s, one centered in the study of personnel management and the other in the study of institutional labor economics. The two schools advocate contrasting approaches to the resolution of labor problems. Kaufman traces their development from a golden age in the 1950s through a period of gradual decline that accelerated in the 1980s. He contends that, in the process, the field narrowed from a broad-based consideration of the employment relationship to a more limited focus on collective bargaining.

Fact Finding Report
Fact Finding Report

Author: John T. Dunlop

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 1994-12

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0788114913

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Investigated the current state of worker-management relations in the U.S. Responds to: (1) what new methods or institutions should be encouraged to enhance work-place productivity through labor-management cooperation and employee participation?, (2) what changes should be made in the present legal framework and practices of collective bargaining?, and (3) what should be done to increase the extent to which work-place problems are directly resolved by by the parties themselves? Illustrated.