Peter Fairbrother works at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.Al Rainnie is a professor in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia.

• Preface Contributors Tables and Figures Abbreviations The Enduring Question of the State Restructuring State Economy Relations The State We Are In (and Against) The Emergence of the ‘De-Centred’ British State New Public Management in Denmark Changing Public Sector Industrial Relations in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector Restructuring, Management Strategy and Trade Union Response The Restructuring of National States in the Global Economy

Peter Fairbrother works at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.Al Rainnie is a professor in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia.

• Preface Contributors Tables and Figures Abbreviations The Enduring Question of the State Restructuring State Economy Relations The State We Are In (and Against) The Emergence of the ‘De-Centred’ British State New Public Management in Denmark Changing Public Sector Industrial Relations in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector Restructuring, Management Strategy and Trade Union Response The Restructuring of National States in the Global Economy

Peter Fairbrother works at the Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK.Al Rainnie is a professor in the Department of Management at Monash University, Australia.

• Preface Contributors Tables and Figures Abbreviations The Enduring Question of the State Restructuring State Economy Relations The State We Are In (and Against) The Emergence of the ‘De-Centred’ British State New Public Management in Denmark Changing Public Sector Industrial Relations in the Australian Commonwealth Public Sector Restructuring, Management Strategy and Trade Union Response The Restructuring of National States in the Global Economy