1st Edition

Trade Unions Resurgence or Demise?

Edited By Sue Fernie, David Metcalf Copyright 2005
286 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

286 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book features original research underpinned with theory drawn from economics, organization theory, history and social psychology. The authors deliver a comprehensive analysis of trade unions’ prospects in the new millennium as well as case studies which deal with topical issues such as: the reasons for the loss of five million members in the 1980s and 1990s  the way... Read more
Introduction

Sue Fernie

Markets, Firms, and Unions: A Historical-institutionalist Perspective on the Future of Unions in Britain

Howard Gospel

3. Circling the Wagons; Endogeneity in Union Decline

Paul Willman

4. Social Movement Theory and Union Revitalization in Britain

John Kelly

5. British Unions: Resurgence or Perdition? An Economic Analysis

David Metcalf

6. Union Responses to Public-private Partnerships in the National Health Service

Stephen Bach and Rebecca Givan

7. Unions and Performance-related Pay: What Chance of a Procedural Justice Role?

David Marsden and Richard Belfield

From the Webbs to the Web: The Contribution of the Internet to Reviving Union Fortunes

Richard Freeman

9 The Public Policy Face of Trade Unionism

Robert Taylor

10 Follow the Leader: Are British Trade Unions Tracking the US Decline?

Morris Kleiner

11 Trade Unions in Germany: On the Road to Perdition?

Claus Schnabel

Appendix – Trade Union Numbers, Membership and Density

Andy Charlwood and David Metcalf

Biography

Sue Fernie is Lecturer in Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics.

David Metcalf is Professor of Industrial Relations at the London School of Economics.