New frontiers of democratic participation at work
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New frontiers of democratic participation at work
Ashgate, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contributors from a wide range of European countries illustrate the validity of four propositions about employee participation: that different forms of employee participation mutually reinforce each other; that major shifts in employment relations require innovative approaches to participation; that appropriate conditions (including the provision of training and support) are required for the spread of participation; and that trade unions remain a crucial foundation for the promotion of participation. The book's chapters address these propositions in a variety of ways. They explore the role of the EU in supporting employee participation; they focus on developments across particular sectors or companies in the form of case studies; and they analyse particular industrial relations themes (such as reducing working time). The book includes a wide range of European experience, including that of Central and Eastern Europe. Each chapter examines the conditions that have sustained or hindered participation so as to shed light on likely future developments.
Table of Contents
- Introduction - new frontiers of democratic participation at work, Gerard Kester, Edward Zammit, Michael Gold. EU and national dimensions: EU social policy and developments in worker involvement, Janine Goetschy
- European Works Councils - who benefits?, Michael Gold
- the role of economic and social councils in social dialogue, Jacques Monat, Therese Beaupain. Sectoral and company case studies: making sense of democratic participation in the Dutch information and communications industry, Peter Leisink
- French and Italian hospitals - the long road towards autonomy, Philippe Mosse
- new management systems and worthwhile work - the Swedish experience, Christofer Edling, Ake Sandberg
- new concepts in work organization - a case from the Norwegian offshore petroleum industry, Thoralf Qvale. Thematic aspects: social transformation, self-organization at work and participation in Germany, Helmut Martens
- worker participation in the reduction of working hours in France, Henri Pinaud
- worker participation in negotiating working time in Italy, Anna M. Ponzellini
- workers' participation in Central and Eastern Europe - union strategies, Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
- trade union education and democratic participation - the case of Malta, Edward Zammit, Saviour Rizzo, Joseph Vancell.
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