Heroic Defeats: The Politics of Job Loss

ISBN-13: 9780521484329 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 216 str.

Miriam A. Golden; Peter Lange; Robert H. Bates

Opis

A comparative investigation of how unions and firms interact when economic circumstances demand substantial job loss. Using simple game theory to generate testable propositions about when these situations will result in industrial conflict, the work illustrates the theory in a range of situations between 1950 and 1985 in Japan, Italy, and Britain. Additionally, the author shows how the theory explains why strikes over job loss almost never occur in postwar unionized firms in the United States.

Recenzje

' … a well written and structured and closely argued book containing detailed analysis in a readable format. Furthermore, such excellent use of secondary analysis shows what can be done with such data and methodology. In short, this book contains useful and interesting information on important industries … I thoroughly recommend it be read, put in libraries and highlighted on students reading lists'. Labour History Reviews

Spis treści

1. The puzzle of union responses to workforce reductions; 2. Games analyzing job loss; 3. Job loss in the Italian and British automobile industries; 4. Triggers of industrial action; 5. Pit closures in the Japanese and British mining industries; 6. Seeking allies: how other actors affect interactions over job loss; 7. Conclusions.