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Research Methods in Labour Law
A Handbook
9781803925240 Edward Elgar Publishing
This Handbook provides an accessible overview of the different methods, approaches and theories which can be used to enrich labour law research. Drawing on cutting-edge research projects, leading scholars present insights and reflections on the past, present and future of labour law scholarship.
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This Handbook provides an accessible overview of the different methods, approaches and theories which can be used to enrich labour law research. Drawing on cutting-edge research projects, leading scholars present insights and reflections on the past, present and future of labour law scholarship.
Canvassing theory, as well as legal, qualitative and quantitative methods, this engaging Handbook draws on international perspectives to explore how labour law research methods vary across jurisdictions. The Handbook considers the use of ethnography, multilingual research with EU migrant workers, Indigenous research methodologies and surveys to accumulate data. Featuring chapters on feminist critique, vulnerability theory, industrial relations, economic analysis, anthropology and socialist labour law, it puts forward an integrated approach to framing and developing labour law research projects.
Research Methods in Labour Law is an essential resource for postgraduate and PhD students, early career academics and senior scholars looking for legal methodological inspiration. It is particularly useful for those in the fields of labour and employment law, research methods in law, and socio-legal research.
Canvassing theory, as well as legal, qualitative and quantitative methods, this engaging Handbook draws on international perspectives to explore how labour law research methods vary across jurisdictions. The Handbook considers the use of ethnography, multilingual research with EU migrant workers, Indigenous research methodologies and surveys to accumulate data. Featuring chapters on feminist critique, vulnerability theory, industrial relations, economic analysis, anthropology and socialist labour law, it puts forward an integrated approach to framing and developing labour law research projects.
Research Methods in Labour Law is an essential resource for postgraduate and PhD students, early career academics and senior scholars looking for legal methodological inspiration. It is particularly useful for those in the fields of labour and employment law, research methods in law, and socio-legal research.
Critical Acclaim
‘This impressive volume foregrounds methodological issues that are often left in the background, if not wholly neglected, in labor law scholarship. It should be mandatory reading for young labor law scholars, and is sure to help the whole labor law field to sharpen the varied tools in our collective scholarly toolbox.’
– Cynthia Estlund, New York University, US
‘This impressive Handbook compiles and systematizes a comprehensive taxonomy of research methodologies appropriate to the study of labour law and industrial relations. The contributors, all internationally acknowledged experts in their fields, offer perspectives on a wide spectrum of approaches – theoretical, empirical, and interdisciplinary. It will prove a valuable resource, not only for students, but for all serious scholars in the discipline.’
– Joellen Riley Munton, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney, Australia
‘A diverse group of scholars examine an important topic of interest to anyone working in labour law: the question of methods in addressing different research questions. This is a very rich volume that tests, stretches and enriches our understanding of what labour law and labour law scholarship is and how we could and should think about it. The contributions are thoughtful, thought-provoking and engaging, and challenge us to think in new ways about the subject we study. A must read.’
– Virginia Mantouvalou, University College London, UK
– Cynthia Estlund, New York University, US
‘This impressive Handbook compiles and systematizes a comprehensive taxonomy of research methodologies appropriate to the study of labour law and industrial relations. The contributors, all internationally acknowledged experts in their fields, offer perspectives on a wide spectrum of approaches – theoretical, empirical, and interdisciplinary. It will prove a valuable resource, not only for students, but for all serious scholars in the discipline.’
– Joellen Riley Munton, Professor Emerita, University of Sydney, Australia
‘A diverse group of scholars examine an important topic of interest to anyone working in labour law: the question of methods in addressing different research questions. This is a very rich volume that tests, stretches and enriches our understanding of what labour law and labour law scholarship is and how we could and should think about it. The contributions are thoughtful, thought-provoking and engaging, and challenge us to think in new ways about the subject we study. A must read.’
– Virginia Mantouvalou, University College London, UK
