Strategic choices in reforming public service employment - Carlo Dell'Aringa

Although many industrialized countries have had to face the same political and economic pressures in reforming their public sectors there have been different reactions and a diversity of solutions to the emerging problems. This book examines the most significant initiatives targeted towards the restructuring of public sector employment relations in countries belonging to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The contributors focus on national and local governments, and health, education and social services. The first section provides an up-to-date analysis of six European countries. The second part considers the USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

SREN K. ANDERSEN Industrial Relations Research Group, FAOS) Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
STEPHEN BACH The Management Centre, King's College London
LORENZO BORDOGNA Department of Social Studies, University of Brescia
JONATHAN BROCK Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Seattle
AARON CRAWFORD Industrial Relations Centre, Victoria University, Wellington
JESPER DUE Industrial Relations Research Group, (FAOS), Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
RAYMOND HARBRIDGE Employment Relations, Victoria University, Wellington and Management, La Trobe University, Melbourne
KAZUTOSHI KOSHIRO Yokohama National University
RUSSEL D. LANSBURY Department of Industrial Relations, University of Sidney
DUNCAN K. MACDONALD School of Management, University of Newcastle
MARK THOMPSON Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia
PAT WALSH Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, Victoria University, Wellington
DAVID WINCHESTER Industrial Relations Research Unit, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick

"...for teaching purposes the book has considerable merit." - P.B. Beaumont, Industrial and Labor Relations Review