This revised edition of Industrial Relations: Theory and Practice follows the approach established successfully in preceding volumes edited by Paul Edwards. The focus is on Britain after a decade of public policy which has once again altered the terrain on which employment relations develop. Government has attempted to balance flexibility with fairness, preserving light-touch regulation whilst introducing rights to minimum wages and to employee representation in the workplace. Yet this is an open economy, conditioned significantly by developing patterns of international trade and by European Union policy initiatives. This interaction of domestic and cross-national influences in analysis of changes in employment relations runs throughout the volume.

This is a completely revised and updated second edition of the acclaimed Industrial Relations. The new book gives particular attention throughout to the effects of international and European developments on British Industrial Relations.

Textbook on labour relations in the UK - comments on labour legislation; covers trade unionism, trade union structure, nonmanual worker and professional worker trade unions, shop stewards TUC trade union federation, employers organizations, state intervention, labour policy, wage policy, disclosure of information, joint consultation, collective bargaining, workers participation, labour disputes, and grievances, strikes, dispute settlement, conciliation, arbitration, trade union recognition, etc. Bibliography, statistical tables.

Developing a strong theoretical base for research and practice in industrial relations and human resource management has to date remained a largely unfulfilled challenge. This text presents contributions from 15 scholars, developing their perspectives on work and the employment relationship.

The first edition of Industrial Relations combined original, up-to-date evidence with expert comment and analysis. For the second edition, this successful approach has been maintained, while the content has been completely revised and updated. New edition of a successful text, combining evidence and analysis. Chapters are written by acknowledged experts in the field. Pays particular attention to the effects of European and international developments on British industrial relations. Includes a new chapter on the role of multinational companies in changing the British employment relationship. Includes a new chapter on the individualisation of the employment relationship.