BOOKS RECEIVED

Date01 December 2007
Published date01 December 2007
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00661.x
BOOKS RECEIVED
America Works — Critical Thoughts on the Exceptional U.S. Labor Market by
Richard B. Freeman. Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2007, xiii +191 pp.,
ISBN 978 0 87154 283 0, £13.80; US$19.95.
Boards, Governance and Value Creation by Morten Huse. Cambridge University
Press, Cambridge, 2007, xix +371 pp., ISBN 0 521 606 349, £23.99, US$45.00.
The Changing Institutional Face of British Employment Relations edited by Linda
Dickens and Alan C. Neal. Kluwer Law International, Alphen aan den Rijn,
Netherlands, 2006, xii +158 pp., ISBN 9 041125418, 80.00, £56.00.
Changing Job Quality in Great Britain 1998–2004 by Andrew Brown, Andy Charl-
wood, Christopher Forde and David Spencer. Department of Trade and Industry,
Employment Relations Research Series no. 70, London, 2006, 62 pp., ISBN 0
85605 678 2, free of charge.
Communication and Management at Work by Thomas Klikauer. Palgrave Macmillan,
Basingstoke, 2007, xvi +327 pp., ISBN 0 230 51543 7, £55.00.
La Contractualisation de la Relation de Travail by Christian Bessy. Librairie Générale
de Droit et de Jurisprudence (LGDJ), Paris, 2007, 317 pp., ISBN 978 2 275 03215
3, 33.00, paper.
Doing the Right Thing? Does Fair Share Capitalism Improve Workplace Performance?
by Alex Bryson and Richard Freeman. Department of Trade and Industry,
Employment Relations Research Series no. 81, London, 2007, 49 pp., ISBN 978 0
85605 967 0, free of charge.
Effective Resolution of Collective Labour Disputes by A.F.M. Brenninkmeijer, L.C. J.
Sprengers, A. J. de Roo and R.W. Jagtenberg. Europa Lawe Publishing, Gronin-
gen, 2006, x +165 pp., ISBN 13 978 90 76871 61 5, 38.00; US$60.00.
Embedding the Provision of Information and Consultation in the Workplace: A Longi-
tudinal Analysis of Employee Outcomes in 1998 and 2004 by Annette Cox, Mick
Marchington and Jane Suter. Department of Trade and Industry, Employment
Relations Research Series no. 72, London, 2006, 45 pp., ISBN 978 0 85605 682 6,
free of charge.
Employee Representation in Grievance and Disciplinary Matters — Making a Differ-
ence? by Richard Saundry and Valerie Antcliff. Department of Trade and Industry,
Employment Relations Research Series no. 69, London, 2006, 77 pp., ISBN 0
85605 679 0, free of charge.
Employment Flexibility and UK Regional Unemployment: Persistence and Macroeco-
nomic Schocks by Vassilis Monastiriotis. Department of Trade and Industry,
Employment Relations Research Series no. 65, London, 2006, 53 pp., ISBN 0
85605 671 5, free of charge.
The Everyday Politics of Labour — Working Lives in India’s Informal Economy by
Geert De Neve. Social Science Press, Delhi, 2005, xviii +347 pp., ISBN 81 87358
18 1, US$89.95.
British Journal of Industrial Relations doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2007.00661.x
45:4 December 2007 0007–1080 pp. 877–879
© Blackwell Publishing Ltd/London School of Economics 2007. Published by Blackwell Publishing Ltd,
9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA.

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