| Recommended Resources |
Bamber, G. J., Cooke, F. L., Doellgast, V., & Wright, C. F. (Eds.). (2021). International and Comparative Employment Relations: Global Crises and Institutional Responses (7th ed.). SAGE Publications.Frege, C., & Kelly, J. (Eds.). (2020). Comparative Employment Relations in the Global Economy (2nd ed.). Routledge.Wilkinson, A., Wood, G., & Deeg, R. (Eds.). (2014). The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations: Comparative Employment Systems. Oxford University Press.Colvin, A. J. S., Keefe, J. H., & Katz, H. C. (2020). An Introduction to U.S. Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations (5th ed.). ILR Press / Cornell University Press. |
| Aims of the Course |
This course examines industrial relations systems, institutional structures, and employment models in different countries using a comparative methodology. Centered on various varieties of capitalism—such as liberal, coordinated, and Mediterranean/transition economies—it addresses how the regulatory role of the state, trade union organization models, collective bargaining structures, and employee participation mechanisms at the workplace level differ on national and transnational levels, and how they respond to global crises. |