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Two discursive frameworks concerning ideology in Australian industrial relations
Citation
Fry, S and Mees, B, Two discursive frameworks concerning ideology in Australian industrial relations, Economic and Labour Relations Review, 28, (4) pp. 483-499. ISSN 1035-3046 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/1035304617739505
Abstract
There are two discursive frameworks concerning ideology in Australian industrial relations. In many disciplines concerned with aspects of industrial relations, including political science, law and history, it is the traditional political ideologies of the industrial era which take centre stage: liberalism (classical, social and neoliberalism), socialism (Marxism, social democracy and labourism) and conservatism. By contrast, ideological issues in the discipline of employment relations are chiefly addressed in terms of Fox’s three analytical perspectives: unitarism, pluralism and radicalism. The disjunction between these parallel discourses goes largely unnoted in the literature of the relevant disciplines, which all tend to proceed using their own preferred approach without making reference to the other. This article critically explores the relationship between these two discourses and investigates the broader implications that the existence of the two different discursive traditions has for the analysis of industrial relations phenomena in Australia.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | unions, industrial relations, employment relations |
Research Division: | Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services |
Research Group: | Human resources and industrial relations |
Research Field: | Industrial and employee relations |
Objective Division: | Economic Framework |
Objective Group: | Management and productivity |
Objective Field: | Industrial relations |
UTAS Author: | Mees, B (Dr Bernard Mees) |
ID Code: | 127318 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | TSBE |
Deposited On: | 2018-07-20 |
Last Modified: | 2018-08-23 |
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