Turner, Lowell.

Democracy at Work : Changing World Markets and the Future of Labor Unions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (303 pages) - Cornell Studies in Political Economy Series . - Cornell Studies in Political Economy Series .

Cover -- Democracy at Work -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: The Politics of Work Reorganization: Pervasive Union Decline? -- PART ONE: PARTNERSHIP AND CONFLICT IN THE U.S. AND WEST GERMAN AUTO INDUSTRIES -- 1. Conflict and Accommodation in the U.S. Auto Industry -- 2. Partnership and Engagement in the West German Auto Industry -- 3. Comparative Industrial Relations in the U.S. and West German Auto Industries -- PART TWO: THE ANALYSIS EXTENDED: SECTORAL AND CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISON -- 4· Further Evidence: U.S. and West German Telecommunications and Apparel -- 5. The Broad Scope of Conflict and Partnership: Britain, Italy, Sweden, and Japan -- Conclusion: The Politics of Work Reorganization: Summary and Implications -- References -- Index.

Lowell Turner has extensively researched the German transformation in the 1990s. Indeed, in 1993 he was at the factory gates at Siemens in Rostock for the first major strike in post-Cold War eastern Germany.

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Industrial relations.


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