Introduction

Ukandi G. Damachi, H. Dieter Seibel and Lester Trachtman

Chapter 1 in Industrial Relations in Africa, 1979, pp 1-15 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Industrial relations in Africa have proved to be of growing fascination to economists, political scientists, sociologists and a host of other scholars as well as many of the organisations engaged in technical assistance. To understand the special qualities of industrial relations in Africa, it is useful to review some of the major factors that have influenced its development. Some of these factors include the following: (1) labour and income conditions (as well as patterns of industrial development); (2) opposition to colonialism; (3) differences in colonial policy; (4) legal recognition of trade unions; (5) class conflict; and (6) international aid. There is a multitude of additional factors and influences that have shaped the structure and functioning of industrial relations, many of a highly specific nature; these will be dealt with in detail in the various chapters that follow.

Keywords: Trade Union; Collective Bargaining; Industrial Relation; Dispute Settlement; Income Condition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1979
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-16165-2_1

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