Trade Unions and Democracy : Strategies and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781412805711 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 432 str.

Mark Harcourt; Geoffrey Wood

Opis

Trade Unions and Democracy explores the role of trade unions as products of, and agents for, democracy. As civil society agents, unions may promote democracy within the wider society, especially in the case of authoritarian regimes or other rigid political systems, by acting as watchdogs and protecting hard-won democratic gains.

Spis treści

1: Introduction – trade unions and democracy: possibilities and contradictions; 2: Trade unions and theories of democracy; 3: Neo-liberal reforms and accords: are they compatible with democracy?; 4: Trade unions and democracy: can the ‘third way’ recast the link?; 5: Trade unions and non-standard employment; 6: New forms of work and the representational gap: a Durban case study; 7: The changing impact and strength of the labour movement in advanced societies; 8: The US and Canadian labour movements: markets vs. states and societies; 9: The rise and fall of the organizing model in the US; 10: Union growth and reversal in newly industrialized countries: the case of South Korea and peripheral workers; 11: The rise of unions in semi-industrialized countries: the cases of South Africa and Zimbabwe; 12: Social movement unionism; 13: Trade unions and political parties; 14: Trade union democracy: the dynamics of different forms; 15: Trade unions, social partnerships and national business systems; 16: Engagement or disengangement? Unions and a new politics; 17: Conclusion: broadening democracy and the labour movement

O autorze

Geoffrey Wood