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Accounting for change in public sector industrial relations: the erosion of national bargaining in further education in England and Wales
Author(s) -
Williams Steve
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.2004.00311.x
Subject(s) - industrial relations , public sector , bargaining power , perspective (graphical) , collective bargaining , tertiary sector of the economy , power (physics) , public service , economics , political science , public administration , economy , management , labour economics , law , physics , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer science
The recent transformation of industrial relations in further education in England and Wales is examined, in particular the role of the national ‘Silver Book’ dispute over lecturers’ conditions of service in causing the erosion of national bargaining in the sector. The experience of further education points to the limits of the strategic choice approach as a device for explaining change in public sector industrial relations and to the importance of supplementing it with a perspective that emphasises the role of power.