Strategic Unionism and Partnership: Boxing or Dancing?

How can trade unions make sense of social partnership? What are the implications of partnership for union renewal? This book takes an international perspective to explore these issues based on an ongoing dialogue between researchers and union practitioners in eight countries. The book develops the metaphors 'boxing' and 'dancing' to denote contrasting strategic choices to the employment relationship, yet argues that neither approach alone can offer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403917566
• ISBN13: 9781403917560
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.7" x 8.7"