Overview

Heroic Defeats is a comparative investigation of how unions and firms interact when economic circumstances require substantial job loss. Using simple game theory to generate testable propositions about when these situations will result in industrial conflict, Professor Golden illustrates the theory in a range of situations between 1950 and 1985 in Japan, Italy, and Britain. Additionally, the author shows how the theory explains why strikes over job loss almost never occur in postwar unionised firms in the United States. With its blend of rational choice and comparative politics, Heroic Defeats is the first systematic attempt to account for industrial conflict or its absence in situations of mass job loss. This book should be of interest to political scientists, sociologists, economists, and students of labour and industrial relations, as well as specialists in European and Japanese history.
ISBN-13

9780521484329

ISBN-10

0521484324

Weight

0.71 Pounds

Dimensions

6.00 x 0.54 x 9.00 In

List Price

$25.99

Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

216 pages

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Published On

1996-11-13


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