Comparative Industrial & Employment Relations

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Growing Cross-National Diversity or Growing Diversity tout court? An Introduction to Comparative Industrial and Employment Relations - Joris Van RuysseveldtRegulating the Employment Relationship - Rien HuiskampAn Analytical FrameworkPART TWO: INTEREST ORGANIZATIONS AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN A CHANGING EUROPETrade Unions from a Comparative Perspective - Jelle VisserEmployers and Employers′ Associations - Frans van WaardenGovernment Intervention in Industrial Relations - Frans van WaardenPART THREE: INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGECollective Bargaining in Transition - Rien HuiskampIndustrial Democracy, Employee Participation and Operational Autonomy - Rien HuiskampPART FOUR: WAGES, WORKING TIME AND QUALIFICATIONSWages from a European Perspective - David MarsdenWorking Time and Time Resource Management - Willem de LangeLabour Relations, Organization and Qualifications - Arndt SorgePART FIVE: NEW TECHNOLOGIES, ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSNew Production Technologies and Changing Work Systems - Arndt SorgeThe Crisis of Fordism - Ben DankbaarRestructuring in the Automobile IndustryService Work in European Countries - Albert Mok and Kea TijdensOrganization, Technology and Industrial Relations in Banking and Retailing

`Overall the book is useful, not simply for reminding us of the continued salience of industrial relations, the employment relationship and the labour process, but also for showing that the future may see not convergence (even towards a "Euro-model" yet alone across a wider canvass) - diversity may even be increasing′ - Asia Pacific Business Review`Conceptually this book is very nicely organized.... In Part 2 there are chapters on trade unions (Jelle Visser), employers′ associations (Frans van Waarden; one of the best essays I have ever read on this topic) and the state (also by van Waarden)′ - Comparative Industrial Relations Newsletter`It is impossible in this review to discuss all the rich ideas contained in this comprehensive reader. Not only from its contents, but also from a didactic point of view, the book is excellent (for example the many explanatory panels) and is a useful tool for all researchers and teachers of industrial relations as well as for labour economists′ - Economic and Industrial Democracy