Strategic Choices in Reforming Public Service Employment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Reforming Public Sector Labor Relations

   • Carlo Dell’Aringa

   Pages 1-23

3. The New Public Management in Europe

   • Stephen Bach, Giuseppe Della Rocca

   Pages 24-47

4. Collective Bargaining in Western Europe

   • Lorenzo Bordogna, David Winchester

   Pages 48-70

5. Employer Associations and Unions in the Public Sector

   • Berndt Keller, Jesper Due, Søren Kaj Andersen

   Pages 71-96

6. United States Public Sector Employment

   • Jonathan Brock

   Pages 97-126

7. Canadian Public Sector Employment

   • Mark Thompson

   Pages 127-154

8. Japanese Public Sector Employment

   • Kazutoshi Koshiro

   Pages 155-184

9. Public Sector Industrial Relations in New Zealand

   • Pat Walsh, Raymond Harbridge, Aaron Crawford

   Pages 185-215

10. Employment Relations in the Australian Public Sector

    • Russell D. Lansbury, Duncan K. Macdonald

    Pages 216-242

11. Back Matter

    Pages 243-257

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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.

• Collective Bargaining
• cooperation
• development
• employment
• Europe
• Government
• local government
• management
• New Public Management
• organizations
• public management
• restructuring
• service
• Union
• USA

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

• Department of Economics, Catholic University of Milan, Italy

  Carlo Dell’Aringa

• Department of Sociology, University of Calabria, Italy

  Giuseppe Rocca

• Department of Political Science, University of Konstanz, Germany

  Berndt Keller

SØREN 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

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