Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Third World / Edition 1

by Sarosh Kuruvilla, Bryan Mundell, S. Kuruvilla

Overview

A comparative study of how the current industrial relations systems come to be and of changes in such systems in non-industrialized countries since the 1980s. After an introduction, six essays look at the defusion of the Molotov cocktail in South African industrial relations, colonialism and industrial relations in India, from ostensible voluntaris.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762304967
Publisher:	Emerald Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/22/1999
Series:	Monographs in Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Series , #25
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

Contributors. Introduction (S. Kuruvilla, B. Mundell). Defusion of the molotov cocktail in South African industrial relations: the burden of the past and the challenge of the future (E. Webster). Colonialism and industrial relations in India (V. Desousa). From ostensible voluntarism to interventionism in Malaysian industrial relations: the colonial experience as an important variable (W.J. Hiers, P. Arudsothy). The making of industrial relations in the commonwealth caribbean (R.J. Adams et al.). Corporatism, nationalism, and industrial relations in Mexico: a historical perspective (A.H. Alfaro). Colonialism and labor relations in the last colony (S. Chiu, D.A. Levin).

Editorial Reviews

A comparative study of how the current industrial relations systems come to be and of changes in such systems in non-industrialized countries since the 1980s. After an introduction, six essays look at the defusion of the Molotov cocktail in South African industrial relations, colonialism and industrial relations in India, from ostensible voluntarism to interventionism in Malaysia, corporatism and nationalism in Mexico, and colonialism and labor relations in Hong Kong. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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