Representation Gap - Towers, Brian (Professor of Industrial Relations, Department of Human Resource Management, Professor of Industrial Relations, Department of Human Resource Management, University of Strathclyde)

A comparative study showing how British and American workers have experienced a weakening of their defences against the management prerogative and have borne a greater part of the business and organisational risk. This is explained through the withdrawal of public policy support for collective bargaining with implications for the democratic process