What is the link between working life and the nature of production on the one hand, and the changing organisation of the firms and institutions in which work and production take place? In this book, leading socio-economic theorists analyse how these have changed over the last two decades.

What is the link between working life and the nature of production on the one hand, and the changing organization of the firms and institutions in which work and production take place? In this book leading socio-economic theorists analyze how these have changed over the last two decades.

This book provides an overview on the state and nature of industrial relations in tropical and southern Africa, encompassing theoretical and comparative perspectives and country studies. Leading experts in the field provide insights into the underlying causes of both individual national traditions and practices, and continent-wide trends.

This set draws together rare material from 1870-1930 and ranges from monetary economics to straight banking theory. English banking theory changed little after a learning process in the first half of the nineteenth century. Some of the banks grew to be the biggest in the world and a banking system evolved that was probably the most stable in the world.
This collection demonstrates the establishment of English banking, activities covered and problems encountered by banks, and how they played a major role in the economy during the last century.

The capacity of national central banks to step in and bail out an economy is one that has proved to be very important over the years. This collection from Wood & Capie brings together important literature.

This edited volume provides a critical and international analysis of the public sector through theoretical debates, empirical issues and regional studies. It begins by reassessing the public choice theoretical paradigm, the implications of New Public Management, the current crisis of democracy and ways of mediating market pressures. It then investigates recent developments in ethics, service provision, industrial relations and the nature of work, before examining critical issues in countries and regions from both the developed and developing world, and reflecting on the way forward.

This volume analyzes changing work and employment in British public services. Critically engaging with debates around the ideological, regulatory and social drivers of change, it analyzes important employment relationships. The book tackles key issues, and reflects on public service productivity and its comparative context.

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.

This volume brings together the literature on comparative capitalism with that on comparative HRM. Founded on rigorous cross national survey evidence, it explores differences and similarities in key areas of work and employment relations within and between regions and countries.