Mark Anstey

Challenges unions and employers to move beyond adversarialism by using the opportunities afforded by a Labour Relations Act that leaves plenty of room for strategic play by both parties. This work focuses on a consideration of enterprise participation, tapping international experience and research. Contributions remind readers of key features of workplace participation; track the development of workplace forums in other countries; add findings from African research; unravel the Labour Relations Act; reflect on German codetermination; study financial participation and consider emerging trends and issues.

Employee Participation and Workplace Forums

How does one build democracy in the aftermath of a violent, deep-rooted conflict? This handbook shows how to structure negotiations and design democratic institutions which address the real needs and interests of conflicting parties. It provides practical advice for policy-makers and political leaders in post-conflict societies and presents a wealth of options that can be drawn upon to build a sustainable peace. Aimed at those negotiating a peace settlement, this book provides a thorough overview of democratic levers - such as power-sharing formulas, questions of federalism and autonomy, options for electoral reform, when to use truth commissions, transitional justice mechanisms, methods of preserving minority rights, constitutional safeguards and many others. It also analyses actual negotiated settlements from various countries and illustrates the many, often unrecognized, options that negotiators can draw upon when attempting to build or rebuild democracy.

Options for Negotiators

Democracy and Deep-rooted Conflict

I. William Zartman

Paul Meerts

This book identifies genocide as the culmination of conflicts over identity. Genocide is a pathologically defensive reaction made by people who feel that they are in danger of extinction. This poses a security dilemma that can only be broken by quelling the feelings of threat and fear that prompt mass violence. In this volume, noted thinkers and practitioners of conflict management, who hail from ten different countries, present ideas on how to prevent identity issues from causing fear and escalating into genocide. They discuss the concepts and practices involved in changing structures and attitudes to ease tensions, as well as the measures that interveners must take to work in the midst of conflicting groups.

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