| Trade Unions and Democracy: Strategies and Perspectives Contributor(s): Harcourt, Mark (Editor), Wood, Geoffrey (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0719069785 ISBN-13: 9780719069789 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | Political Process - General |
| Dewey: 331.88 |
| LCCN: 2005271307 |
| Series: Perspectives on Democratic Practice |
| Physical Information: 1.51" H x 5.74" W x 8.42" (1.41 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically marginalised and in terminal decline, trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialised countries and have demonstrated a capacity for revival and renewal in the face of difficult corcumstances.It brings together a distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field, and provides a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society, their capacity to impact on state policies in such a manner as to ensure greater accountability and fairness, and the nature and extent of internal representative democracy within the labour movement. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in industrial relations, critical management studies, political studies and sociology. |