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This is the first comparative study of the background, development, laws, structure, and impact of teacher unionism in nations around the world. This ground-breaking analysis offers an international perspective on the world's most populous profession--teaching--and its halting but powerful efforts to form unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to win a decent living for its millions of members. Teachers, union leaders, policymakers, and all who are interested in the issues surrounding education as a profession, the operation of schools, the role of government in education, and the complexities of labor relations in education should make this book must reading.
An introduction provides an overview of labor relations in education world-wide, and then separate chapters by experts on education and labor relations in fifteen different countries analyze current policies and problems in places as diverse as China, Greece, Hungary, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, Great Britain, and the United States. Specific country studies and the overall conclusion at the end of the book point to past trends and future possible reforms. This unique study emphasizes the importance of unions in national affairs and describes the relationships between governments and the labor movement. A bibliographic essay completes the work.
List of contents
Foreword by Charles T. Kerchner
Introduction by Bruce S. Cooper
Australia by Andrew Spaull
Canada by Michel Grant
China by Sun Jun
England and Wales, by Martin A. Lawn and Geoff Whitty
France by Guy Coq
Germany by Deiter Wunder and Manfred Weiss
Greece by Chris Jecchinis and Theoderos Koutroukis
Hungary by Peter Darvas
India by N. Jayaram
Israel by Haim H. Gaziel
Italy by Mario Ricciardi and Tiziano Treu
Mexico by Regina Cortina
New Zealand by Liz Gordon and Ken Wilson
Sweden by Jan-Erick Lane
United States of America by Albert Shanker
Trends and Developments by Bruce S. Cooper
Bibliographic Essay
Index
About the author
BRUCE S. COOPER is Professor of Education at Fordham University Graduate School of Education. His recent books are
Federal Aid for the Disadvantaged (1987) with
Denis P. Doyle, The School as a Work Environment (1991) with Sharon Conley, and
Taking Charge (1991) with Denis Doyle and Roberta Trachtman. He has also written many journal articles dealing with labor relations, school finance, and school management and reform.
