Industrial Relations Theory Its Nature,

One of the major purposes of this book is to help clarify the term industrial relations and thus to assist meaningful discussion about the strengths and deficiencies of the body of thought to which it refers.

Introduction: Understanding, Constructing and Teaching Industrial Relations Theory	p. 1
Teaching Industrial Relations Theory
Designing an Industrial Relations Theory Curriculum for Graduate Students	p. 17
A Framework to Organize Theory: The Structure of a Doctoral-Level Seminar on Industrial Relations Theory	p. 43
The Nature and Scope of the Subject
The Founders of Industrial Relations as a Field of Study: An American Perspective	p. 67
Is Euro-American Union Theory Universally Applicable? An Australasian Perspective	p. 81
Industrial Relations: Theorizing for a Global Perspective	p. 103
The Relationship Between Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences
"All Aspects of People at Work": Unity and Division in the Study of Labor and Labor Management	p. 119
Industrial Relations Systems as a Framework for Organizing Contributions to Industrial Relations Theory	p. 161
Integrating Industrial Relations and the Social Sciences	p. 183
Paradigmatic Approaches to Industrial Relations
Industrial Relations and Theories of Interest Group Regulation	p. 227
Theorizing Industrial Relations: The Dominance Of Logical Positivism and the Shift to Strategic Choice	p. 255
Theory and Method in Industrial Relations: Modernist and Postmodernist Alternatives	p. 283
Industrial Relations Theory: A Political Economy Perspective	p. 307
Constructing Industrial Relations Theory
Theory Construction and Assessment: A Checklist	p. 333
Teaching and Building Middle Range Industrial Relations Theory	p. 353
Integrative Theory Building: A Personal Account	p. 381
Index	p. 395
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