Edited by Peter Leisink, Utrecht University School of Governance, Bram Steijn, Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Ulke Veersma, Senior Lecturer in International HRM, University of Greenwich Business School, London, UK

• Contents:Preface1. Industrial Relations in the New EuropePeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaPART I: THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN MEMBER STATES2. European Convergence and the EU Social ModelKees Vos3. Work and Employment Conditions in New EU Member States: A Different Reality?Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead4. European Labour Standards’ Impacts on Accession Countries: The Hungarian CaseLászló Neumann5. Slovenia’s Integration in the European Market Economy: Gradualism and its ‘Rigidities’Miroslav Stanojevic and Urban Vehovar6. Consequences of Enlargement for the Old Periphery of Europe: Observations from the Spanish Experience with European Works CouncilsHolm-Detlev Köhler and Sergio Gonzalez Begega7. Testing Times: Remaking Employment Relations through ‘New’ Partnership in the UKMark Stuart and Miguel Martínez Lucio8. The Only Game in Town? British Trade Unions and the European UnionErin van der Maas PART II: THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMIDEAS IN EUROPE ON PUBLIC SECTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS9. The End of an Era: Structural Changes in German Public Sector Collective BargainingHeiner Dribbusch and Thorsten Schulten10. Reforming Employment Relations in the French Administration Services: Is the Status of Civil Servants an Obstacle to EfficientHRM?Olivier Mériaux11. Staff Participation in the Administrative Reform of the Flemish CommunityChristophe Pelgrims, Trui Steen and Nick Thijs12. Public Management Reform and Employee Voice in UK Public ServicesGeoff White, Paul Dennison, David Farnham and Sylvia Horton13. Concluding AnalysisPeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaIndex

'The collection deserves to be made accessible to readers, and the publisher should be congratulated on maintaining a steady stream of high-quality publications on the European subject.'

Edited by Peter Leisink, Utrecht University School of Governance, Bram Steijn, Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Ulke Veersma, Senior Lecturer in International HRM, University of Greenwich Business School, London, UK

• Contents:Preface1. Industrial Relations in the New EuropePeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaPART I: THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN MEMBER STATES2. European Convergence and the EU Social ModelKees Vos3. Work and Employment Conditions in New EU Member States: A Different Reality?Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead4. European Labour Standards’ Impacts on Accession Countries: The Hungarian CaseLászló Neumann5. Slovenia’s Integration in the European Market Economy: Gradualism and its ‘Rigidities’Miroslav Stanojevic and Urban Vehovar6. Consequences of Enlargement for the Old Periphery of Europe: Observations from the Spanish Experience with European Works CouncilsHolm-Detlev Köhler and Sergio Gonzalez Begega7. Testing Times: Remaking Employment Relations through ‘New’ Partnership in the UKMark Stuart and Miguel Martínez Lucio8. The Only Game in Town? British Trade Unions and the European UnionErin van der Maas PART II: THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMIDEAS IN EUROPE ON PUBLIC SECTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS9. The End of an Era: Structural Changes in German Public Sector Collective BargainingHeiner Dribbusch and Thorsten Schulten10. Reforming Employment Relations in the French Administration Services: Is the Status of Civil Servants an Obstacle to EfficientHRM?Olivier Mériaux11. Staff Participation in the Administrative Reform of the Flemish CommunityChristophe Pelgrims, Trui Steen and Nick Thijs12. Public Management Reform and Employee Voice in UK Public ServicesGeoff White, Paul Dennison, David Farnham and Sylvia Horton13. Concluding AnalysisPeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaIndex

'The collection deserves to be made accessible to readers, and the publisher should be congratulated on maintaining a steady stream of high-quality publications on the European subject.'

Edited by Peter Leisink, Utrecht University School of Governance, Bram Steijn, Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and Ulke Veersma, Senior Lecturer in International HRM, University of Greenwich Business School, London, UK

• Contents:Preface1. Industrial Relations in the New EuropePeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaPART I: THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS IN MEMBER STATES2. European Convergence and the EU Social ModelKees Vos3. Work and Employment Conditions in New EU Member States: A Different Reality?Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead4. European Labour Standards’ Impacts on Accession Countries: The Hungarian CaseLászló Neumann5. Slovenia’s Integration in the European Market Economy: Gradualism and its ‘Rigidities’Miroslav Stanojevic and Urban Vehovar6. Consequences of Enlargement for the Old Periphery of Europe: Observations from the Spanish Experience with European Works CouncilsHolm-Detlev Köhler and Sergio Gonzalez Begega7. Testing Times: Remaking Employment Relations through ‘New’ Partnership in the UKMark Stuart and Miguel Martínez Lucio8. The Only Game in Town? British Trade Unions and the European UnionErin van der Maas PART II: THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REFORMIDEAS IN EUROPE ON PUBLIC SECTOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS9. The End of an Era: Structural Changes in German Public Sector Collective BargainingHeiner Dribbusch and Thorsten Schulten10. Reforming Employment Relations in the French Administration Services: Is the Status of Civil Servants an Obstacle to EfficientHRM?Olivier Mériaux11. Staff Participation in the Administrative Reform of the Flemish CommunityChristophe Pelgrims, Trui Steen and Nick Thijs12. Public Management Reform and Employee Voice in UK Public ServicesGeoff White, Paul Dennison, David Farnham and Sylvia Horton13. Concluding AnalysisPeter Leisink, Bram Steijn and Ulke VeersmaIndex

'The collection deserves to be made accessible to readers, and the publisher should be congratulated on maintaining a steady stream of high-quality publications on the European subject.'