After an initial wave of strikes, unions saw their power contained, beginning with Taft-Hartley, and then renewed as public-service unionism erupted in the 1960's. (Editor)

Contracts reflected worker concern over inflation and unemployment, and collective bargaining during the year was heavy, as labor-management negotiations occurred in such key industries as trucking, automobiles, electrical equipment, rubber, and meatpacking. (Editor/TA)

The author argues that collective bargaining procedures and relationships bewteen labor and management must reflect less conflict and more cooperation as the nation's economy struggles to meet international competition and domestic needs. (Author/SSH)

This comprehensive listing of 2,724 bibliographic items from 1967 through early 1977 includes significant English-language material on the contractual relationship between public employers and employees in the United States and Canada. (There are a few items in French.) Although access is given to the broader areas of public management and…

This book explores how two nations with widely divergent political economies, Germany and the United States (U.S.), embraced change in four contemporary settings. "Mutual Learning with Trade-Offs" (Kirsten Wever) discusses mutual learning and the distinguishing characteristics of the political economies of Germany and the U.S.…