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Peer reviewedFoley, Griff – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1999
Adult educators must understand the political economy of capitalism, in which work organization involves control of the labor process and extraction of labor surplus. The resulting worker alienation and resistance have a learning dimension. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Capitalism, Competition, Labor Relations
Peer reviewedMarshall, Ray – Journal of Economic Education, 1985
Recent trends that affect the U.S. system of industrial relations are examined. The most important of these is internationalization. The U.S. industrial relations system is compared with that of Europe and Japan, and suggestions for improving our competitiveness in international markets are made. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competition, Economics, Global Approach
Derber, Charles – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1987
A team of faculty and advanced graduate students from Boston College developed a new educational partnership with labor unions to help combat problems of industrial dislocation and upheaval. The group worked with five different union locals experiencing serious problems associated with foreign competition and new technology. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Competition, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Peer reviewedBelfield, Clive R.; Brown, Celia A.; Thomas, Hywel R. – Education Economics, 2002
Compares the structure of education enterprises and workplace practices with those in other enterprises in the public and private sectors. Finds that labor-related and control-related factors in education differ substantially from enterprises in the public and private sectors. (Contains 60 references.) (PKP)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration), Competition
Download full textHecker, Steven, Ed.; Hallock, Margaret, Ed. – 1991
The following papers are included: "Introduction: Labor in a Global Economy" (Hecker, Hallock); "Labor in a Global Economy" (Marshall); "Canadian Labor Strategies for a Global Economy" (Carr); "Recent Developments in the Canadian Political Economy" (Watkins); "Labor and Politics in the U.S. and…
Descriptors: Competition, Economics, Employer Employee Relationship, Foreign Countries
Block, Richard N., Ed. – 2003
This book is an analysis of the relationship among collective bargaining (CB), firm competitiveness, and employment protection/creation in the United States (U.S.). Comparisons are also made between the U.S. situation and that in Europe. "Collective Bargaining in Context" (Richard N. Block, Peter Berg) places the US system of industrial…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Business, Case Studies
Murphy, Marjorie – 1990
This book sets forth the historic obstacles to the unionization of public school teachers, shows how difficult organization was, and illustrates the contradictions faced by public employees in unionization. The book is organized chronologically, beginning with the centralization of school life at the turn of the century and the emergence of early…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Collective Bargaining, Competition, Educational History
