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Political Economy of Industrial Relations

Theory and Practice in a Cold Climate

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
  2. Making Sense of Industrial Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Why Industrial Relations?

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 3-19
    3. Trade Unions, Control and Resistance

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 20-53
  3. Problems of Contemporary Trade Unionism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
    2. Dualism and Division in Labour Strategies

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 188-201
    3. Class Struggle and the Trade Union Movement

      • Richard Hyman
      Pages 224-253
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 255-259

About this book

This collection of essays attempts to demonstrate how an adequate analysis of trade unions, strikes and collective bargaining must be rooted in a broader understanding of their political and economic context. The second part of the book deals with the central problems of trade unionism.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Richard Hyman

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