Asymmetric integration and the restructuring of social relations in global firms : actors, institutions, and norms / Christian L'vesque and Gregor Murray -- MNC strategies and their linkages with SMEs / Clemente Ruis Duran and Jorge Carrillo -- The role of MNCs in reshaping employment relations...

Teachers' work and teacher unions: the global context -- Transforming the school workforce in England: the road to remodelling -- Research methods: processes, issues and implications -- Setting the agenda: the emergence and significance of 'social partnership' at the national level -- Industrial...

Teachers' work and teacher unions : the global context -- Transforming the school workforce in England : the road to remodelling -- Research methods : processes, issues and implications -- Setting the agenda : the emergence and significance of 'social partnership' at the national level --...

1. Vocational training : international perspectives / Gerhard Bosch and Jean Charest -- 2. Vocational education and training in Australia : the evolution of a segmented training system / Richard Cooney and Michael Long -- 3. Vocational training in Canada : the poor second cousin in a...

chapter Introduction -- chapter 1 The power of stories -- chapter 2 Putting the stories in context -- chapter 3 The working closet -- chapter 4 Coming out at work -- chapter 5 Silent lives -- chapter 6 Working out -- chapter 7 Concluding stories.