The Inadequacy of Mainstream Theories ofTrade Union Behaviour

Steve Fleetwood

LABOUR, 1999, vol. 13, issue 2, 445-480

Abstract: This paper identifies four criteria used by mainstream economists of trade unions to judge the adequacy of their various theories. Three of them, however, are hardly ever satisfied. The root cause of this failure is the method adopted by mainstream economic theory, namely deductivism. The perspective of critical realism is used to identify and explain the cause of this failure and to point towards an alternative method.

Date: 1999
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