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Heading Into Orbit? Braham Dabscheck and Industrial Relations Theory
The academic study of industrial relations has often been characterised as theoretically impoverished. This is despite the conceptual insights provided by a number of well-known writers including Australian academic Braham Dabscheck. Dabscheck has often addressed issues pertaining to industrial relations theory in his work over the last 20 or so years. His interest in this area culminated in the publication of his 'general theory of (Australian) industrial relations' in 1994. This article explores the development of Dabscheck's ideas, as they relate to industrial relations theory, since 1977. Given his contribution to Australian industrial relations, it is a valuable exercise in itself to trace this development. The article also subjects Dabscheck's general theory to critical scrutiny. In particular, it questions his method of developing theory, challenges his theory's key assumptions and argues that the explanatory and predictive qualities of his theory are weak. We conclude that the theory is of limited utility in terms of better understanding and explaining industrial relations.
The P.J.T.
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Sporting Equality
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The Struggle for Australian Industrial Relations
This book describes and analyzes what occurred in Australian industrial relations in the late 1980s and early 1990s. During this period Australia moved away from a centralized to an increasingly decentralized system of industrial relations regulation. Three major isues have been associated with this transformation: a diminution in the prominent role played by the Australian Industrial Relations Commission, the development and adoption of different models of enterprise bargaining, and a massive campaign of amalgamations which has rationalized the structure of Australian unions.
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The Vulnerable Country
Focusing on Australia’s position within the global economy, this thorough reference presents a striking picture of the interaction between politics and economics. Beginning with historical analysis of this relationship, the study presents Australia’s origins as a convict settlement through its development of self-governing colonies to its ultimate development as a federation. Addressing such questions as How did Australia transform from a protected, insular country to an outwardly focused, globalized one? and Why, in the current economic climate, should Australia resist a return to its protectionist past?, this extensively researched account argues that now, more than ever, the state has a responsibility to promote diversification of trade while regulating economic activity and ensuring that the benefits of growth are spread as widely as possible.
Contract, Labour Law and the Realities of Working Life
This book offers a critical and timely account of how labour law has become a means for protecting employers rather than workers. The past few decades have witnessed something of a ‘silent revolution’ in the traditional protective role that labour law has played in the lives of workers. While this transformation has been overt in the realm of the market and at the level of the legislature, the role of the judiciary in this process remains significantly under-studied. Focussing on Australia, but drawing also on material from New Zealand, the UK and Canada, this book investigates how the common law has intervened to shape labour law in the image of commercial contract, determining disputes...
