Book Review: International and Comparative Employment Relations edited by Greg J. Bamber, Russell D. Lansbury, Nick Wailes, and Chris F. Wright

Abstract

This sixth edition of International and Comparative Employment Relations is a welcome update, with new themes in the introduction and conclusion and a critical evaluation of employment relations in twelve key nations.The book highlights the merits and limitations of the varieties of capitalism approach and its uses when considering notions of convergence and divergence between systems of national employment relations. The book’s editors compare liberal market economies, coordinated market economies, European developed economies, Asian developed economies, and Asian emerging economies.