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The article deals with the problem of union representation in the low-pay-sector. Regarding especially (but not only) the situation in Germany, it claims a cultural gap between traditional unions and employees in the expanding precarious job sector. This is due to the difficult circumstances for...
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This contribution deals with developments in German Trade Unionism since the world economic crisis of 2008/09. Internationally, the crisis management of the German metalworker’s union IG Metall is held in high esteem and regarded as a role model. It seems as if social integrative corporatism...
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In vielen Betrieben nimmt man eine Verschiebung der Betriebsratsfunktion von der konventionellen Interessenvertretung (‘Schutz’) hin zu einem Co-Management (‘Gestaltung’) wahr. Die Frage der Legitimation bleibt dabei weiterhin aktuell. Neben periodischen Wahlen kann durch die...
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Einige Breitenerhebungen und Fallstudien haben grundlegende Erkenntnisse ueber Formen, Funktionen und Entstehungskontexte kollektiver Interessenvertretungsorgane auf Betriebsebene, die keine Betriebsraete sind und oftmals als ‚Andere Vertretungsorgane’ (AVOs) bezeichnet werden, generiert....
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Die demokratische Mitbestimmung von Arbeitnehmern entwickelte sich in der zweiten Haelfte des 20. Jahrhunderts fast durchweg positiv. Das zeigte sich, wie T.H. Marshall dargelegt hat, insbesondere in der Zunahme ihrer Staatsbuergerrechte. Im vorliegenden Text wird jedoch gezeigt, dass diese...
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Since the beginning of the transformation in Poland, trade unions have experienced nearly two decades of declining membership numbers and influence. This article shows that not only the restructuring of the economy but also the trade union policies and organizational forms themselves contributed...
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Zu den atypischen Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnissen zaehlen wir im Folgenden (im Sinne einer Nominaldefinition) Teilzeit, geringfuegige Beschaeftigung/Mini- und Midijobs, befristete Beschaeftigung, Leiharbeit, Werkvertraege sowie Solo-Selbststaendigkeit. Die dieses Schwerpunktheftes spiegeln sowohl...
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Participation has become a buzzword and lost much of its impact. Nevertheless, there are enough arguments to revisit the concept and its use in social research. One of them is that it is part of a tradition of action and participatory research which acquired specific features in different parts...
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Participation has become a buzz word in many an economic and social context. This however hides the fact that there is a great variety of different participative practices, both on micro and macro levels, practiced for very different purposes. Sometimes speaking of participation is just juggling...
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This paper takes another look at the concept of employee participation in European Workplaces. It does so by combining a review of the research literature and case study material to describe contemporary practice inside enterprises, and documents the variety and differentiated forms of workplace...
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