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, 2000 A model of new unionism has been developed which is characterized by features such as the servicing of members as customers and a shift to co-operative industrial relations.
Rainbird, Helen, Munro, Anne
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CROSS-NATIONAL DIFFERENCES IN THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT ON THE BASIS OF INSTITUTIONS [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2017 This study deals with an issue of collective action theory. Its question is related to the activity of trade unions. According to the literature on collective action, large organisations, such as trade unions, have problems with organising themselves ...
Elek Nora Ilona
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Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Emergent critique of consociations has focused on how micro‐minority ‘others’ are frequently excluded from the opportunities presented by power‐sharing systems, with dominant elites shutting them out. Therefore, a key question is: how do the political elites of micro‐minorities gain more meaningful inclusion by adopting or navigating the ...
Aleksandra Zdeb, Drew Mikhael
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What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Multi‐ethnic parties have been variously defined: as those which do not champion the interests of, or mobilize against, any specific ethnic group; as those with a recognisably cross‐communal leadership or membership; and as those which acquire some distribution of support across groups.
Jon Fraenkel
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Notes on early trade unionism in Townsville
, 2011 The article describes some early trade union organising in Townsville, using one local newspaper as its source. It finds that publicans and other small business people played an important role on trade union committees, as presidents, treasurers and in ...
Griffiths, Phil
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Informalization from Above, Informalization from Below: The Options for Organization
African Studies Quarterly, 2010 The paper examines different strategies for the collective organization of informal workers, on the basis of a number of empirical illustrations from South Africa.
Jan Theron
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Nested Claims, Cross‐Segmental Issues, and Elite Competition in Powersharing
Swiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.Abstract Powersharing systems rely on descriptive representation, where elected elites ‘stand in’ for their segment's voters, incentivising intransigence and penalising cross‐segmental cooperation. Yet powersharing politics regularly witness cross‐segmental appeals, voting patterns and party formation.
Timofey Agarin
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Rethinking Regional Innovation Systems in the Age of De‐Globalisation
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract Since a few years, the international economic system has been experiencing the risk of growing fragmentation and uncertainty. However, research on Regional Innovation Systems (RIS) has yet to comprehensively engage with this phenomenon, despite its (spatial) significance. The paper contributes to addressing this gap, in particular by exploring
Francesco Molica +2 more
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Union Retreat and Regional Economic Performance: the UK in the 1990s [PDF]
This paper uses a panel of regional data to investigate the impact that the well-documented decline in trade unionism in the UK had on the economic performance of its regions.
Vassilis Monastiriotis
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