Trade unions and democracy

This book explores the changing role of trade unions as products of and agents for democracy. Despite conventionally being portrayed as politically marginalized and in terminal decline trade unions continue to represent a significant component of society within most industrialized countries and have demonstrated a capacity for revival and renewal in the face of difficult corcumstances. A distinguished panel of leading and emerging scholars in the field provide a critical assessment of the current role of trade unions in society their capacity to impact on state policies in such a manner as to ensure greater accountability and fairness and the nature and extent of internal representative democracy within the labor movement.