Technological Change, Rationalisation and Industrial Relations
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Technological Change, Rationalisation and Industrial Relations

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Technological Change, Rationalisation and Industrial Relations

About this book

Originally published in 1986 the first part of this book outlines some of the general problems of technological change and labour relations. It discusses the politics of rationalisation and of industrialisation in the car industry by examining case studies of Volkswagen British Leyland and FIAT. The impact developments exert on trade unions in the UK, Germany and Italy is discussed simultaneously.

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Yes, you can access Technological Change, Rationalisation and Industrial Relations by Otto Jacobi,Bob Jessop,Hans Kastendiek,Marino Regini in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Business General. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2017
Print ISBN
9781138038806
eBook ISBN
9781351709347
Edition
1
Topic
Economics
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Economics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Abbreviations
  8. Introduction
  9. Part One Technological Change and Labour Relations
  10. 1. Technological Innovation, Organisation of Work, and Unions. Federico Butera and Giuseppe Delia Rocca
  11. 2. Changing Skill Requirements and Trade Union Bargaining. Zissis Papadimitriou
  12. 3. Technological Change, Labour Market, and Trade Union Policy. Gerhard Brandt
  13. Part Two The Politics of Rationalisation: The Car Industry
  14. 4. Rationalisation and Industrial Relations: a Case Study of Volkswagen. Eva Brumlop and Ulrich Juergens
  15. 5. The Politics of Technological Change at British Leyland. Harry Scarbrough
  16. 6. Changes of Industrial Relations at Fiat. Matteo Rollier
  17. Part Three Crisis and Rationalisation: Impact on Unions
  18. 7. Bureaucracy, Oligarchy, and Incorporation in Shop Steward Organisations in the 1980s. Eric Batstone
  19. 8. Shop Stewards and Management: Collective Bargaining as Co-operation. Michael Terry
  20. 9. Some Current Strategy Problems of the Italian Trade Unions. Hartwig Heine
  21. 10. Centralisation or Decentralisation? An Analysis of Organisational Changes in the Italian Union Movement at a Time of Crisis. Ida Regalia
  22. 11. Social Change and Trade Union Movement in the 1970s. Aris Accornero
  23. 12. Labour Conflicts and Class Struggles. Walther Mueller-Jentsch
  24. 13. Workers’ Reactions to Crisis. Rainer Zoll and Enno Neumann
  25. Notes on Editors and Contributors
  26. List of Translators
  27. Index