Trade unions : resurgence or demise? / [edited by] Sue Fernie and David Metcalf

Includes bibliographical references and index

Markets, firms, and unions: a historical-institutionalist perspective on the future of unions in Britain / Howard Gospel -- Circling the wagons; endogeneity in union decline / Paul Willman -- Social movement theory and union revitalization in Britain / John Kelly -- British unions: resurgence or perdition? an economic analysis -- David Metcalf -- Union responses to public-private partnerships in the National Health Service / Stephen Bach and Rebecca Givan -- Unions and performance-related pay: what chance of a procedural justice role? / David Marsden and Richard Belfield -- From the Webbs to the web: the contribution of the internet to reviving union fortunes / Richard Freeman -- The public policy face of trade unionism / Robert Taylor -- Follow the leader: are British trade unions tracking the US decline? / Morris Kleiner -- Trade unions in Germany: on the road to perdition? / Claus Schnabel