Concise introduction to employment relations
Edward Elgar - Cheltenham
2025
139 p.
labour relations ; labour economics ; precarious employment
Labour relations
English
Bibliogr.;Index
978-1802207491
13.06.1-68880
"This Concise Introduction illuminates the conflict, cooperation and complex issues surrounding employment relations. Richard Hyman, a leading expert in the field, clearly explains how the reality of employment interactions and the academic understanding of the subject have been transformed by globalisation, neoliberalism and financialisation.
Key Features:
Focuses on those involved in the governance of labour, from employers to trade unions
Synthesises several decades of research to help the reader understand the growth of precarious work
Critically discusses contemporary challenges, including the aftereffects of COVID-19 and the climate crisis"
Paper
Table of contents:
Preface
1 Introduction: what’s in a name?
2 Work and employment: arguments and ambiguities
3 Labour as a collective actor
4 Actors and processes: the complex role of the state
5 Varieties of employment regimes: from local to global?
6 The rise of the precariat?
7 The future(s) of employment relations in times of plague, war and ecological disaster
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