1st Edition

A New Theory of Industrial Relations People, Markets and Organizations after Neoliberalism

By Conor Cradden Copyright 2018
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

Most existing theoretical approaches to industrial relations and human resources management (IR/HRM) build their analyses and policy prescriptions on one of two foundational assumptions. They assume either that conflict between workers and employers is the natural and inevitable state of affairs; or that under normal circumstances, cooperation is what employers can and should expect from workers.... Read more

Chapter One: Can Industrial Relations Save the World?





Chapter Two: Industrial Relations Policy: Conflict & Cooperation in the Governance of Work





Chapter Three: Industrial Relations Theory: From Industrial Democracy to the Web of Rules and Back Again





Chapter Four: System, Lifeworld and Points in Between





Chapter Five: Frames of Reference





Chapter Six: A New Theory of Industrial Relations





Chapter Seven: What Can We Do with NTIR? Implications for Research and Policy

Biography

Conor Cradden is an independent researcher and consultant based in France. He works on industrial relations, the sociology of work and employment and international labour regulation. He is the author of two previous books, Repoliticizing Management: A Theory of Corporate Legitimacy (Ashgate, 2005) and Neoliberal Industrial Relations Policy in the UK: How the Labour Movement Lost the Argument (Palgrave, 2014).