John Kelly - Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilisation, Collectivism and Individualism - Print Book

Name: John Kelly - Rethinking Industrial Relations: Mobilisation, Collectivism and Individualism - Print Book
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John Kelly

Rethinking Industrial RelationsMobilisation, Collectivism and Long Waves\nAuthor(s): John Kelly\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415186728, 978-0415186728\nSynopsis\nThis original book is a wide-ranging, radical and highly innovative critique of the prevailing orthodoxies within industrial relations and human resource management. It covers:\n\ncentral problems in industrial relations\nthe mobilization theory of collective action\nthe growth of non-union workplaces and the prospects and desirability of a new labour-management social partnership\nan historical account of worker collectivism, organization and militancy and state or employer counter mobilization\na critique of postmodernism and accounts of the end of the labour movement\n\nContaining a detailed examination of the evolution of industrial relations, it argues that the area is often under-theorized and influenced by the policy agenda of the state or emp.