Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Tables and Figures v
4. Preface vii
5. Introduction The Workplace and Labor Regulation in Comparative Perspective 1
6. 1.A Comparison of National Regimes of Labor Regulation and the Problem of the Workplace 23
7. 2. Job Control under Different Labor Relations Regimes: A Comparison of Canada and Great Britain 43
8. 3.Workplace Discipline in International Comparative Perspective 70
9. 4. Shopfloor Relations at U.S. and Canadian Plants of an Automotive Parts Supplier, 1936-1988 103
10. 5. Bargaining Regimes and the Social Reorganization of Production: The Case of General Motors in Austria and Germany 137
11. 6.New Technology and the Process of Labor Regulation: An International Perspective 157
12. 7.Conflict and Compliance: The Workplace Politics of a Disk-Drive Factory in Singapore 190
13. 8. The New International Division of Labor and Its Impact on Unions A Case Study of High-Tech Mexican Export Production 224
14. 9. Patterns of Workplace Relations in the Global Corporation: Toward Convergence? 240
15. Conclusion: Globalization, National Systems, and the Future of Workplace Industrial Relations 275
16. Notes 285
17. References 298
18. About the Contributors 319
19. Index 323