Industrial Relations in Africa

GEOFFREY WOOD is Professor in HRM, in the School of Management at the University of Sheffield, UK, and Overseas Associate of the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. His current research interests centre on the systematic testing and development of contemporary institutional theory in the light of large-scale survey evidence, and the practice of industrial relations in emerging markets. CHRIS BREWSTER is Professor of International Human Resource Management at Henley Management College in the UK. He had substantial experience in trade unions, Government, specialist journals, person

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• Introduction: Comprehending Industrial Relations in Africa; C.Brewster & G.Wood PART ONE: COUNTRY STUDIES FROM EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA The Dynamics of Industrial Relations in Eritrea: 1991-2006; F.Ghebregiorgis & L.Karsten The Development of Industrial Relations in Kenya; G.Hagglund Industrial Relations and the Social Partners in Kenya; T.Fashoyin Industrial Relations in Malawi; L.Dzimbiri Contemporary Issues in Industrial Relations: The Case of Uganda; J.Kirenga PART TWO: COUNTRY STUDIES FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA Industrial Relations in Conditions of Economic Stress: The Zimbabwe Case; L.Sachikonye Trade Unions, Democratization and Structural Adjustment in Mozambique; E.Webster & G.Wood Labour Regulation In Namibia: From "Colonial Despotism" to "Flexible Taylorism"; G.Klerck Industrial Relations, Unions and Insecurity in South Africa; P.Dibben The Emerging and Changing Industrial Relations Landscape in Botswana; T.Seleke PART THREE; COUNTRY STUDIES FROM WEST AND NORTH AFRICA Industrial Relations in an Emerging Morocco; M.Essaaidi The Development of Industrial Relations in Nigeria, 1900-2006; S.Fajana Contemporary Industrial Relations in Nigeria; D.Otobo Industrial Relations in Ghana; G.Frazer Industrial Relations in Francophone Africa: The Case of Niger; R.Croucher PART FOUR: TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRENDS AND ISSUES Organising the Informal Economy: Results and Prospects - The Case of Ghana in Comparative Perspective; R.Croucher Cross-Continental Trends and Issues in Employment Relations in Africa; F.Horwitz