Virginia Doellgast

Disintegrating Democracy at Work

Labor Unions and the Future of Good Jobs in the Service Economy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Virginia Doellgast contends that high pay and good working conditions are possible even for marginal service jobs. This outcome, however, depends on strong unions and encompassing collective bargaining institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780801477997
• ISBN-10: 0801477999
• Artikelnr.: 34746824

Autorenporträt

Virginia Doellgast is Lecturer in Comparative Employment Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Changes in Markets and Collective Bargaining
3. Using Power in the Workplace
4. Losing Power in the Networked Firm
5. Broadening the Comparison
6. ConclusionsAppendix A: Interviews conducted in the United States and
Germany
Appendix B: Organizational characteristics and employment practices by
country, in-house and outsourced centers
Appendix C: Organizational characteristics and employment practices by
collective bargaining arrangements, United States and GermanyNotes
Bibliography
Index