The present paper sets out an explanatory framework for understanding Third World industrial relations systems. In the framework, distinct features of the Third World industrial relations systems are explained from a macro-based analysis of the past and present social, political and economic environment. It is also argued that the distinctive features of Third World industrial relations systems, compared with the west, are not expected to be eliminated in the foreseeable future. Thus, the explanatory framework for studying Third World industrial relations systems in this paper rejects the idea of 'convergence' between the industrial relations systems of the west and the Third World based on both the 'logic of industrialism' and the 'organizational-oriented late development' theses.
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