Preface -- Abbreviations -- Public-Sector Labour Conflicts: A Different Perspective -- Key Concepts and a Note about the Data -- Government Intervention in Industrial Relations -- The Case Studies -- Authorization-Legitimation Strategy -- Rationalization-Legitimation Strategy -- Moralization-Legitimation Strategy -- Mythopoesis-Legitimation Strategy -- It Is Not All the Same (Stories from Another Book?) -- Findings and Conclusions -- References -- Index
Summary
Bad Time Stories offers a unique perspective on an issue that is sure to be of interest to scholars of business, public policy, and industrial relations, as well to those involved with public sector labor relations