International Handbook of Trade Unions

Edited by John T. Addison, Hugh C. Lane Professor of Economic Theory, University of South Carolina, Columbia, US and Professor of Economics, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK and Claus Schnabel, Professor of Economics, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

• Contents:1. IntroductionJohn T. Addison and Claus Schnabel2. Determinants of Trade Union Membership Claus Schnabel3. Economic Models of Union Behaviour Robin Naylor4. Unions, Bargaining and Strikes Peter Cramton and Joseph Tracy5. Unions and Productivity, Financial Performance and Investment: International Evidence David Metcalf6. Collective Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance Robert J. Flanagan7. Changes Over Time in Union Relative Wage Effects in the UK and the USA Revisited David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson8. Unions and the Wage Structure David Card, Thomas Lemieux and W. Craig Riddell9. Unions and Innovation: A Survey of the Theory and Empirical Evidence Naercio Menezes-Filho and John Van Reenen10. Trade Unions as Political Actors Wolfgang Streeck and Anke Hassel11. Unions and Unionism Around the World Jelle Visser12. Recent Changes in the Industrial Relations Framework in the UK John T. Addison and W. Stanley Siebert13. Europeanization of Collective Bargaining Dieter Sadowski, Oliver Ludewig and Florian Turk14. Contemporary Developments in and Challenges to Collective Bargaining in the United States John DelaneyIndex

'The editors have successfully drawn together leading authorities and experts in the field to outline some key aspect within the modern international trade union movement. . . Each contribution is well-researched with clearly expressed arguments set in context to ensure the reader is able, not just to follow the lines of thought, but also to develop and pursue further inquiry. . . There is a strong international dimension that runs through a number of chapters. There is an excellent index and the references and endnotes are to a high standard. This book is essential for contextual reading in any major university and will be of particular relevance to those studying economics or the social sciences.'