Industrial Relations in Europe: The Imperatives of Change

291 Pages·2022·16.059 MB·English

by  B.C. Roberts

Routledge Revivals
Industrial Relations in Europe
First published in 1985 Industrial Relations in Europe examines the develop-
ment of trade unions and their relations with the employers and employers’
organisations in a number of Western European countries in the 1980s. The
shared characteristics of these systems are common heritage of political
democracy, market economies, the right of employers to manage the business
for which they are responsible and the right of employees to belong to
unions which are free to bargain and to seek political goals which will
advance the interests of their members. With case studies from Denmark,
Germany, France, Great Britain, Norway etc. the volume showcases the
major structural changes brought about by technological, economic and
social factors which had significant implications for trade unions and tradi-
tional patterns of industrial relations. A major response was the erosion of
centralized processes of decision making and a return to the individual, local
initiative and an increased interest in entrepreneurship. This book is a must
read for scholars of political economy, industrial economy and economics in
general.

Industrial Relations in Europe
The Imperatives of Change
Edited by B.C. Roberts
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INDUSTRIAL
RELATIONS
IN EUROPE
The Imperatives of Change
Edited by
B.C. ROBERTS
CROOM HELM
London•Sydney»Dover, New Hampshire
© 1985 The Swedish Employers' Confederation (SAP)
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Croom Helm Ltd, Provident House. Burrell Row,
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Industrial Relations in Europe: The Imperatives of Change.
1. Trade-unions—Europe
I. Roberts, B.C.
331.88'094 HD6657
ISBN 0-7099-4212-5
Croom Helm, 51 Washington Street,
Dover, New Hampshire 03820, USA
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Industrial relations in Europe.
Includes index.
1. Industrial relations—Europe—Addresses, essays,
lectures. 2. Trade-unions—Europe—Political
activity—Addresses, essays, lectures.
I. Roberts, B.C. (Benjamin Charles), 1917-
HD8376.5.154 1985 33T.094 85-21321
ISBN 0-7099-4212-5
CONTENTS
Foreword
Introduction: The SAP Project 1
1. Denmark Aage Tarp 5
2. France /. Nousbaum 45
3. Federal Republic of Germany H. Mutter-Vogg 75
4. Great Britain B.C.Roberts 100
5. Italy Federico Butera 137
6. The Netherlands A.F. van Zweeden 159
7. Norway Einar Thorsrud 180
8. Sweden Anders Leion 204
9. Trade Union Trends in Western Europe:
A European Perspective Roland Tavitian 222
10. Trade Union Trends in Western Europe:
An American Perspective Malcolm R. LovelUr 242
A Summary Conclusion 262
Notes on Contributors 271
Index 273