IIRA Publications
THE GLOBAL EVOLUTION OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: EVENTS, IDEAS AND THE IIRA
Bruce E. Kaufman, International Labour Office,
Geneva, ISBN: 92-2-114153-5
This landmark volume chronicles the evolution of the field to date. It focuses on the largely untold story of how the globalization of industrial relations took hold and explores in depth the pivotal events, ideas, and people behind it.
This volume provides the only comprehensive, up-to-date account of the evolution of the industrial relations field, and outlines the four pillars that led to the internationalization of industrial relations after World War II. It includes substantive background on the roots of industrial relations in the Anglo-Saxon countries, including the role of the IIRA and discusses the future prospects for the field of industrial relations. It also traces the development of modern industrial relations in continental Europe, Japan, Republic of Korea, India, Africa, and Latin America. Kaufman's book highlights the four all-important pillars that shaped industrial relations after this period: the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Industrial Relations Association (IIRA); the leading role in industrial relations played by the United States following World War II; and the spread of industrialism, market economies, trade union movements, and democratic forms of government to many non-Western nations.