Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Third...

Colonialism, Nationalism, and the Institutionalization of Industrial Relations in the Third World. Edited by sarosh kuruvilla and bryan mundell. Stamford, Conn.: JAI Press, 1999. viii, 311 pp. ISBN 0-7623-0496-0, $82.00 (cloth).

This volume, consisting of an introduction by the editors and six papers by a total of twelve contributors, constitutes an impressive study of how colonialism and nationalism influenced several countries' industrial relations systems and subsequently shaped the relationship between the state, trade unions, and employers. The country chapters ex