1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453976603321

Titolo

Works councils [[electronic resource] ] : consultation, representation, and cooperation in industrial relations / / edited by Joel Rogers and Wolfgang Streeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Ill., : University of Chicago Press, 1995

ISBN

1-282-07019-3

9786612070198

0-226-72379-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Collana

NBER Comparative labor markets series

Altri autori (Persone)

RogersJoel <1952->

StreeckWolfgang <1946->

Disciplina

331.0112

338.6

Soggetti

Works councils - Case studies

Comparative industrial relations

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The Study of Works Councils: Concepts and Problems -- 2. An Economic Analysis of Works Councils -- 3. Germany: From Collective Voice to Co-management -- 4. The Netherlands: From Paternalism to Representation -- 5. France: From Conflict to Social Dialogue? -- 6. Spain:.Works Councils or Unions? -- 7. Sweden: Joint Councils under Strong Unionism -- 8. Italy: The Costs and Benefits of Informality -- 9. The European Community: Between Mandatory Consultation and Voluntary Information -- 10. Poland: Councils under Communism and Neoliberalism -- 11. Works Councils in Western Europe: From Consultation to Participation -- 12. Canada: Joint Committees on Occupational Health and Safety -- 13. United States: Lessons from Abroad and Home -- Contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

As the influence of labor unions declines in many industrialized nations, particularly the United States, the influence of workers has decreased. Because of the need for greater involvement of workers in



changing production systems, as well as frustration with existing structures of workplace regulation, the search has begun for new ways of providing a voice for workers outside the traditional collective bargaining relationship. Works councils-institutionalized bodies for representative communication between an employer and employees in a single workplace-are rare in the Anglo-American world, but are well-established in other industrialized countries. The contributors to this volume survey the history, structure, and functions of works councils in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Poland, Canada, and the United States. Special attention is paid to the relations between works councils and unions and collective bargaining, works councils and management, and the role and interest of governments in works councils. On the basis of extensive comparative data from other Western countries, the book demonstrates powerfully that well-designed works councils may be more effective than labor unions at solving management-labor problems.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452673303321

Titolo

Art in turmoil : the Chinese Cultural Revolution, 1966-76 / / edited by Richard King ; with Ralph Croizier, Shengtian Zheng, and Scott Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver : , : UBC Press, , [2010]

©2010

ISBN

0-7748-1543-4

1-283-71682-8

0-7748-1544-2

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic text (xii, 282 p., [22] p. of plates) : ill. (some col.), ports., digital file

Collana

Contemporary Chinese studies, , 1206-9523

Altri autori (Persone)

KingRichard <1951 February 5->

CroizierRalph C

WatsonScott <1950->

ZhengSheng Tian <1938->

Disciplina

700.951/09046

Soggetti

Arts, Chinese - 20th century

Artists - China

Electronic books.

China History Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part 1. Artists and the state -- part 2. Artists remember : two memoirs -- part 3. Meanings then and now -- part 4. Beyond the visual arts.

Sommario/riassunto

"Forty years after the Cultural Revolution, Art in Turmoil revisits the visual and performing arts of the period - the paintings, propaganda posters, political cartoons, sculpture, folk arts, private sketchbooks, opera, and ballet. Probing deeply, it examines what these vibrant, militant, often gaudy images meant to artists, their patrons, and their audiences at the time, and what they mean now, both in their original forms and as revolutionary icons reworked for a new market-oriented age. Chapters by scholars of Chinese history and art and by artists whose careers were shaped by the Cultural Revolution decode the rhetoric of China's turbulent decade. The many illustrations in the book, some familiar and some never seen before, also offer new insights into works that have transcended their times."--BOOK JACKET.