Luitpold Rampeltshammer, Dr. rer. pol., ist Leiter eines DFG-Projektes an der Universität Bochum. / Luitpold Rampeltshammer, Dr. rer. pol., ist Leiter eines DFG-Projektes an der Universität Bochum.

Table of Contents

1.Preface

2.Introduction

3.Paradigmatic theoretical approaches to the study of industrial relations
3.1 Industrial Relations: a definition
3.2Theories of industrial relations
3.2.1Industrial relations as a social system
3.2.2Actor-oriented analysis
3.2.3Institutionalist analysis
3.2.4Human resource management
3.2.5Comparative approach
3.2.6Industrial relations systems
3.3Political economy approach
3.3.1The free-market approach
3.3.2Marxist analysis
3.3.3Theory of regulation
3.3.4Corporatism
3.3.5Welfare state regimes
3.3.6Varieties or models of capitalism
3.4Theoretical synthesis

4.Globalization and its impact
4.1Globalization, Internationalization, Regionalization, and Imperialism
4.2Analytical framework for the study of globalization
4.3Economic globalization
4.3.1Areas and main drivers of economic globalization
4.4The globalization discourse
4.5Empirical evidence
4.5.1Globalization of Trade
4.5.2Globalization of financial markets
4.5.3Foreign Direct Investment
4.5.4Global Production
4.6Globalization processes in ethical pharmaceutical industries
4.6.1History of the pharmaceutical industry
4.6.2Sector specifics: a snapshot

5.Industrial relations institutions and processes: comparing the United Kingdom and Germany
5.1Industrial relations in the German pharmaceutical industry
5.1.1Codetermination levels
5.1.2Collective bargaining: stable structures, blurring practices, and new actors
5.1.3Centralized industrial relations under pressure:the trend toward the workplace level
5.1.4Impact of globalization on industrial relations in the German pharmaceutical industry
5.1.5Conclusion: assessing the changes in the industrial relations system of the German ethical pharmaceutical industry
5.2Industrial relations in the United Kingdom's pharmaceutical industry
5.2.1Employee representation: unionized versus nonunionized
5.2.2Structure of collective bargaining: importance of the workplace level
5.2.3Conclusion: Impact of globalization on industrial relations in the British pharmaceutical industry

6.Conclusion: impact of globalization on industrial relations

Literature
List of Tables and Figures / Table of Contents

1.Preface

2.Introduction

3.Paradigmatic theoretical approaches to the study of industrial relations
3.1 Industrial Relations: a definition
3.2Theories of industrial relations
3.2.1Industrial relations as a social system
3.2.2Actor-oriented analysis
3.2.3Institutionalist analysis
3.2.4Human resource management
3.2.5Comparative approach
3.2.6Industrial relations systems
3.3Political economy approach
3.3.1The free-market approach
3.3.2Marxist analysis
3.3.3Theory of regulation
3.3.4Corporatism
3.3.5Welfare state regimes
3.3.6Varieties or models of capitalism
3.4Theoretical synthesis

4.Globalization and its impact
4.1Globalization, Internationalization, Regionalization, and Imperialism
4.2Analytical framework for the study of globalization
4.3Economic globalization
4.3.1Areas and main drivers of economic globalization
4.4The globalization discourse
4.5Empirical evidence
4.5.1Globalization of Trade
4.5.2Globalization of financial markets
4.5.3Foreign Direct Investment
4.5.4Global Production
4.6Globalization processes in ethical pharmaceutical industries
4.6.1History of the pharmaceutical industry
4.6.2Sector specifics: a snapshot

5.Industrial relations institutions and processes: comparing the United Kingdom and Germany
5.1Industrial relations in the German pharmaceutical industry
5.1.1Codetermination levels
5.1.2Collective bargaining: stable structures, blurring practices, and new actors
5.1.3Centralized industrial relations under pressure:the trend toward the workplace level
5.1.4Impact of globalization on industrial relations in the German pharmaceutical industry
5.1.5Conclusion: assessing the changes in the industrial relations system of the German ethical pharmaceutical industry
5.2Industrial relations in the United Kingdom's pharmaceutical industry
5.2.1Employee representation: unionized versus nonunionized
5.2.2Structure of collective bargaining: importance of the workplace level
5.2.3Conclusion: Impact of globalization on industrial relations in the British pharmaceutical industry

6.Conclusion: impact of globalization on industrial relations

Literature
List of Tables and Figures