Employment Research and State Traditions
A Comparative History of Britain, Germany, and the United States
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 6 September 2007
- ISBN 9780199208067
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages236 pages
- Size 240x160x19 mm
- Weight 518 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 21 tables 0
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Short description:
Carola Frege explores the evolution of employment research, showing how the field of study we know today grew out of industrial and democratic transformations in 19th century. Comparing this evolution in different countries, Frege traces the influence of distinct state traditions, and draws out the implications for contemporary and future research.
MoreLong description:
Contemporary employment research tackles an increasingly globalized subject, much of it using empiricist and a-theoretical methods increasingly embedded in a market-economic paradigm. However, this stands in stark contrast to employment research's historical roots.
Exploring these roots, Carola Frege traces how employment research was born out of the industrial and also democratic transformations of the 19th century and shows that the variations of employment research can be traced back to nation-specific state traditions. In particular, how countries conceptualized their relationship between political and industrial democracy, to what extent their labour movements were more state-oriented, and what influence the state had on the organization of higher education and scientific research, and shaped research topics, methods, theories, and paradigms.
The book argues that these different research cultures are still with us today, despite increasing globalization of the subject matter and growing internationalization of the academic world. Based on a comparative historical analysis of research characteristics in Britain, Germany, and the US, this book investigates how employment research developed in different ways in different countries. A longitudinal cross-country comparison of publications in the main journals of the field reveals that employment research is still deeply embedded in longstanding country-specific institutional and ideational traditions.
Frege makes the case for embracing this diversity, and rejuvenating the subject of employment research through a rediscovery of its policy-oriented research traditions, and a reinstatement of its relevance for society.
...this is an excellent book. Carola Frege has done much more than describe the decline of industrial and employment relations; she has helped us to understand it. I would urge everyone to read her book and to think about the important questions she raises.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Employment Research in Crisis
Varieties of Employment Research
Path Dependencies and State Traditions in Comparative Perspective
Labour Movement Histories
Knowledge Institutions: Social Science Traditions
Industrial Democracy Discourse
Conclusion: Varieties, State Traditions, and the Future of Employment Research
