TY - JOUR T1 - Three Scenarios For Industrial Relations In Europe JF - International Labour Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Richard Hyman KW - employment KW - EU KW - Europe KW - European Union KW - industrial relations KW - informal economy KW - labor relations KW - market economy KW - trade unionism KW - trend AB -

The author outlines three scenarios for the future of industrial relations in Europe. The first – perhaps the most realistic – projects continuing erosion of national industrial relations systems and conditions of employment, in line with current trends. The second envisages that “elite reform” from above will succeed in re-engineering industrial relations and workers' protection according to an ideal social policy agenda – an unlikely prospect given the overriding importance of financial considerations and globalized competition. The third scenario centres on a counter-movement from below which presents trade unions with the daunting challenge of mobilizing the discontented far beyond their traditional constituency.

VL - 154 L2 - eng CP - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Trade Union Research and Cross-National Comparison JF - European Journal of Industrial Relations Y1 - 2001 A1 - Richard Hyman KW - analysis KW - comparative research KW - cross-national comparison KW - industrial relations KW - trade union rearch AB -

This article is concerned with problems of comparative research and analysis in industrial relations, and in particular with cross-national comparison of trade unions. Comparison is of both practical and theoretical importance, but is fraught with difficulties, in part because of the paradox involved in attempting to generalize concerning national instances which are in so many respects unique. The author considers three different approaches to analysis, in terms respectively of institutions, functions and issues. In conclusion, the article emphasizes the iterative nature of research and analysis and insists that even if the goal of satisfactory cross-national comparison may be unattainable, its pursuit is both necessary and valuable.

VL - 7 L2 - eng UR - http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/757/1/IRES.pdf CP - 2 ER -