Global Anti-Unionism - Nature, Dynamics, Trajectories and Outcomes

"One of the major obstacles, if not the major obstacle, unions face in building their influence in the workplace is the opposition and resistance from those that own those workplaces, namely, the employers. Global Anti-Unionism examines the nature and form of this anti-unionism, and in doing so explains the ways and means by which employers have successfully maintained their right to manage. The role of the state is also considered at length as part of the process by which employer domination has been maintained. Set in the context of the global north and south, this volume provides an introduction to the key theories and concepts, followed by historical and contemporary sections examining different countries"--

List of contents

1. Anti-unionism: Contextual and Thematic Issues; Tony Dundon and Gregor Gall  PART I: HISTORICAL APPROACHES 2. Employer Opposition in the US: Anti-union Campaigning from the 1950s; John Logan 3. From Organised to Disorganised Capital? British Employer Associations, 1897-2010; Alan McKinlay 4. Economists Turn Against Unions: Historical Institutionalism to Neo-classical Individualism; Gerald Friedman PART II: CONTEMPORARY STUDIES 5. Anti-Unionism in a Coordinated Market Economy: the Case of Germany; Martin Behrens and Heiner Dribbusch 6. Employers Against Unions: the British Experience of Union Victimization; Gregor Gall 7. Beyond Union Avoidance? Exploring the Dynamics of Double-breasting Voice Regimes in Ireland; Niall Cullinane, Tony Dundon, Eugene Hickland, Tony Dobbins and Jimmy Donaghey 8. Beating the Union: Union Avoidance in the US; Kim Moody 9.The State Against Unions: Australia's Neo-liberalism, 1996-2007; Rae Cooper and Bradon Ellem 10. Colombia: the Most Dangerous Place to be a Union Member; Daniel Blackburn and Miguel Puerto 11. Waves of Anti-unionism in South Korea; Chris Rowley and Kiu Sik Bae 12. Employer Anti-unionism in Democratic Indonesia; Michele Ford

Product details

• Authors: Tony Dundon, G. Gall, Gregor Dundon Gall, Professor Gregor Dundon Gall
• Assisted by: T. Dundon (Editor), Tony Dundon (Editor), Gall (Editor), G Gall (Editor), G. Gall (Editor), Gregor Gall (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.08.2013
• EAN: 9780230303348
• ISBN: 978-0-230-30334-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; B, Planning, Human Resource Management, Organization, Behavioral Economics, Business & management, Business ethics & social responsibility, International business, Behavioural economics, Organizational theory & behaviour, International Economics, Business Ethics, Personnel Management, Experimental Economics, Management science, International business enterprises, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Palgrave Business & Management Collection, capital;dynamics;economy;employer;Germany;success;unions