David Farnham is Professor Emeritus at the University of Portsmouth Business School, UK and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK.

'The Changing Faces of Employment Relations provides an impressive scrutiny of the multiple facets of work and employment relations in global and comparative contexts. It is fresh in its analysis of new ways of assessing the subject matter and how issues connect with important societal shifts. All students of business and social science will find it both informative and intellectually engaging.' - Tony Dundon, School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 'With a deep knowledge and understanding of employment relations, David Farnham has produced a book which is distinctive in terms of its scope and comprehensiveness. This book should become essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and practitioners.' - Ian Kessler, King's College London, UK

• Preface 1. Unravelling the Employment Relationship PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AS A FIELD OF STUDY2. The Origins and Development of Employment Relations3. The Changing Contexts of Employment Relations4. Theories, Ideas and Research in Employment RelationsPART II: THE PLAYERS IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS5. Employers, Managers and the Management Function6. Workers, Employee Voice and Trade Unions7. The Nation State and International AgenciesPART III: PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS8. Legal Regulation9. Employer Regulation10. Worker Resistance and Union Regulation11. Collective Bargaining, Worker Participation and Third-Party InterventionPART IV: CONCLUSIONS12. Employment Relations in a Global Age

David Farnham is Professor Emeritus at the University of Portsmouth Business School, UK and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK.

'The Changing Faces of Employment Relations provides an impressive scrutiny of the multiple facets of work and employment relations in global and comparative contexts. It is fresh in its analysis of new ways of assessing the subject matter and how issues connect with important societal shifts. All students of business and social science will find it both informative and intellectually engaging.' - Tony Dundon, School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 'With a deep knowledge and understanding of employment relations, David Farnham has produced a book which is distinctive in terms of its scope and comprehensiveness. This book should become essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and practitioners.' - Ian Kessler, King's College London, UK

• Preface 1. Unravelling the Employment Relationship PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AS A FIELD OF STUDY2. The Origins and Development of Employment Relations3. The Changing Contexts of Employment Relations4. Theories, Ideas and Research in Employment RelationsPART II: THE PLAYERS IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS5. Employers, Managers and the Management Function6. Workers, Employee Voice and Trade Unions7. The Nation State and International AgenciesPART III: PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS8. Legal Regulation9. Employer Regulation10. Worker Resistance and Union Regulation11. Collective Bargaining, Worker Participation and Third-Party InterventionPART IV: CONCLUSIONS12. Employment Relations in a Global Age

David Farnham is Professor Emeritus at the University of Portsmouth Business School, UK and also a Visiting Professor at the University of Greenwich Business School, UK.

'The Changing Faces of Employment Relations provides an impressive scrutiny of the multiple facets of work and employment relations in global and comparative contexts. It is fresh in its analysis of new ways of assessing the subject matter and how issues connect with important societal shifts. All students of business and social science will find it both informative and intellectually engaging.' - Tony Dundon, School of Business and Economics, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland 'With a deep knowledge and understanding of employment relations, David Farnham has produced a book which is distinctive in terms of its scope and comprehensiveness. This book should become essential reading for students, scholars, policy makers and practitioners.' - Ian Kessler, King's College London, UK

• Preface 1. Unravelling the Employment Relationship PART I: EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS AS A FIELD OF STUDY2. The Origins and Development of Employment Relations3. The Changing Contexts of Employment Relations4. Theories, Ideas and Research in Employment RelationsPART II: THE PLAYERS IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS5. Employers, Managers and the Management Function6. Workers, Employee Voice and Trade Unions7. The Nation State and International AgenciesPART III: PROCESSES AND OUTCOMES IN EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS8. Legal Regulation9. Employer Regulation10. Worker Resistance and Union Regulation11. Collective Bargaining, Worker Participation and Third-Party InterventionPART IV: CONCLUSIONS12. Employment Relations in a Global Age