Power, Politics and Influence at Work

Tony Dundon, Miguel Martinez Lucio, Emma Hughes, Debra Howcroft, Arjan Keizer (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

168 Seiten

2020
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-4641-0 (ISBN)

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Argues that the changing world of work cannot be divorced from several overlapping power dynamics that have resonance to wider societal debates: issues of labour market inclusion and exclusion or marginalisation, profit and wealth distribution, political influence and employment regulation, union representation and community solidarity and agency. -- .

This book explores how power operates in workplace settings at local, national and transnational levels. It argues that how people are valued in and out of work is a political dynamic, which reflects and shapes how societies treat their citizens.

Offering vital resources for activists and students on labour rights, employment issues and trade unions, this book argues that the influence workers can exert is changing dramatically and future challenges for change can be positive and progressive.
This book is relevant to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 8, Decent work and economic growth -- .

Tony Dundon is Professor of Human Resource Management (HRM) and Employment Relations for the Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick, Ireland and Visiting Professor for the Work and Equalities Institute at the University of Manchester Miguel Martínez Lucio is Professor in the HRM, Employment Relations and Employment Law Group for the Work and Equalities Institute at the University of Manchester Emma Hughes is a Lecturer in HRM at the University of Liverpool Management School Debra Howcroft is Professor of Technology and Organisation for the Work and Equalities Institute at the University of Manchester Arjan Keizer is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative HRM and Industrial Relations in the HRM, Employment Relations and Employment Law Group for the Work and Equalities Institute at the University of Manchester Roger Walden is an Honorary Lecturer in Labour and Employment Law at Alliance Manchester Business School at the University of Manchester -- .

1 Work, power and politics
2 History, global capitalism and contexts
3 The State, law and equality
4 Who speaks for whom?
5 The futures of work: power, politics and influence

Bibliography
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Manchester University Press
Zusatzinfo	14 black & white illustrations; 5 tables
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	129 x 198 mm
Gewicht	172 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	1-5261-4641-X / 152614641X
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-4641-0 / 9781526146410
Zustand	Neuware