Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations
About the Book Series
Routledge Library Editions: Industrial Relations presents in 38 volumes a series of previously out-of-print books that examine industrial relations between employers and workers, governments and workforces. Titles look at the history and development of industrial relations, mainly in Britain but also internationally, often comparing experiences around the world. Many titles analyse the shifting landscapes of the 1980s, as new governments brought with them new attitudes towards trade unions, and the development of management techniques and new styles of business brought about a range of developments that still resonate today.
Staff Relations in the Civil Service: Fifty Years of Whitleyism
1st Edition
By Henry Parris
December 01, 2025
Staff Relations in the Civil Service (1973) describes the origins of the Civil Service National Whitley Council, the growing pains it endured in its early years, its major achievements and the role it played in industrial relations between staff in the civil service and their employers, the British...
The British Worker Question: A New Look at Workers and Productivity in Manufacturing
1st Edition
By Theo Nichols
December 01, 2025
The British Worker Question (1986) examines the productivity of British workers, drawing upon a wide range of management, trade union and other sources, and spanning the traditional preserves of several other areas and disciplines – economic history, industrial administration, industrial relations ...
The Decline of Trade Union Organisation
1st Edition
By P.B. Beaumont
December 01, 2025
The Decline of Trade Union Organisation (1987) considers the reasons behind the decline in trade union membership and discusses the prospects for recovery. It shows that many factors were at work besides unemployment growth and overall it argues that the changing structure and nature of British ...
The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain, 1911–1939: Studies in the Evolution of Collective Bargaining at National and Industry Level
1st Edition
By Rodger Charles
December 01, 2025
The Development of Industrial Relations in Britain (1973) examines the evolution of the central institution of the British industrial relations system – collective bargaining. This book traces changes to collective bargaining, and therefore industrial relations, through the most significant joint ...
The Durham Miners, 1919–1960
1st Edition
By W.R. Garside
December 01, 2025
The Durham Miners (1971) examines the Durham miners’ movement and of its organization – its economic, social, financial and political development. It looks at the miners’ demands for nationalization and for improved working and living conditions, and the outcomes of trade union negotiation and of ...
The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict: Lessons from Ford
1st Edition
By Henry Friedman, Sander Meredeen
December 01, 2025
The Dynamics of Industrial Conflict (1980) focuses on the workings of industrial relations in the British motor industry, presenting the first joint retrospective analysis of industrial relations in a major multinational. The book includes a closely documented account of the Ford Sewing Machinists’...
The Economic Analysis of Unions: New Approaches and Evidence
1st Edition
By Barry T. Hirsch, John T. Addison
December 01, 2025
The Economic Analysis of Unions (1986) thoroughly examines a range of theoretical and empirical literature on the economics of labour unions. It surveys, synthesizes, and critically analyses theoretical and econometric work on the many dimensions of unions in the private and public sectors....
The Manager's Guide to Industrial Relations
1st Edition
By L.F. Neal, Andrew Robertson
December 01, 2025
The Manager’s Guide to Industrial Relations (1968) traces the origins and evolution of the attitudes of managers and men from the beginning of industrialization to the Fawley Agreement. It summarises the development of personnel management and the contributions of the social scientists. It deals ...
The Origins of British Industrial Relations: The Nineteenth Century Experience
1st Edition
By Keith Burgess
December 01, 2025
The Origins of British Industrial Relations (1975) traces the beginnings of industrial relations in nineteenth century Britain, looking at the interdependence of economic, political, legal and ideological factors that provide the framework. This important study, focusing on the key sectors of ...
The Policy-making Process
1st Edition
By J.J. Richardson
December 01, 2025
The Policy-making Process (1969) studies the relationships between the Conservative Government of 1956 and the organised industrial groups that were considered its natural allies in the aftermath of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act of 1956. This Act reflected a long-standing belief in Britain ...
The Price of TUC Leadership
1st Edition
By Bryn Roberts
December 01, 2025
The Price of TUC Leadership (1961) is a serious criticism of the TUC by the General Secretary of another large trade union. It contends, among other things, that the TUC bore responsibility for Labour’s defeat in the 1959 General Election, and for the decline in the influence and effectiveness of ...
The TUC Overseas: The Roots of Policy
1st Edition
By Marjorie Nicholson
December 01, 2025
The TUC Overseas (1986) traces the decisions made by the Trades Union Congress in response to domestic and external influences and events, from its establishment of a joint international committee with the Labour Party in 1917 to the first congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions in 1945. ...