The convergence/divergence debate in comparative industrial relations

Abstract

In this first chapter, it is necessary to give the reader an overview of the main conceptual approaches and theoretical disputes that the study of comparative industrial relations has produced, so that the references to these issues in subsequent chapters may be understood more fully. Largely, the discussion will centre on the tension between those forces which have historically been seen to produce variety and difference in the structures and operations of industrial relations systems and trade unions, and those forces which have, in the more recent past, been identified as generating pressures towards similarity. This fundamental difference in the way in which the future trajectories of industrial relations systems are seen to develop is what has become commonly known as the convergence/divergence debate.

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