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Working for the State

Employment Relations in the Public Services

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Susan Corby

    1. University of Greenwich Business School, UK

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  2. Graham Symon

    1. University of Greenwich Business School, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. From New Labour to a New Era?

      • Susan Corby, Graham Symon
      Pages 3-20

  3. The Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21
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    2. Public Sector Reform and Employment Relations in Europe

      • Michael Gold, Ulke Veersma
      Pages 23-42

    3. The Economic and Financial Context: Paying for the Banks

      • Jean Shaoul
      Pages 43-65

    4. Public Sector ‘Ethos’

      • Jane Lethbridge
      Pages 66-83

  4. Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Rewarding Public Servants: Continuity and Change

      • Geoff White
      Pages 87-107

    3. Equality in the Public Sector: The Sky Darkens

      • Susan Corby
      Pages 108-125

  6. Conclusions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. Making Sense of Public Sector Employment Relations in a Time of Crisis

      • Graham Symon, Susan Corby
      Pages 227-237

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 238-253
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About this book

This book examines the impact of public sector reforms and reorganisations on the experiences of the UK public sector's six million workers and those employed in the private sector but providing public services. Chapters bring long-standing topics up-to-date, such as worker representation and reward.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Greenwich Business School, UK

    Susan Corby, Graham Symon

About the editors

STEPHEN BACH Professor of Employment Relations at the Department of Management, King's College, London, UK IAN CUNNINGHAM Reader in Employment Relations in the Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde, UK MICHAEL GOLD Senior Lecturer in European Business and Employee Relations at Royal Holloway University of London, UK PETER GRAHAM Senior Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich's Business School, UK JANE LETHBRIDGE Principal Lecturer at the Public Services International Research Unit (PSIRU) at the University of Greenwich, UK PATRICK MCGURK Principal Lecturer in Human Resources and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK JEAN SHAOUL Professor of Public Accountability at Manchester Business School, UK ULKE VEERSMA Senior Lecturer in International Human Resource Management at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK GEOFF WHITE Professor of Human Resource Management and previously Director of Research at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Working for the State

  • Book Subtitle: Employment Relations in the Public Services

  • Editors: Susan Corby, Graham Symon

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230347984

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27863-9Published: 03 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32646-4Published: 06 February 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-34798-4Published: 03 October 2011

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 253

  • Topics: Human Resource Management, Management, Organization, Public Policy

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