In diesem Bericht werden die Ergebnisse einer Erhebung zur betrieblichen Arbeitszeitorganisation in der europäischen Automobilindustrie vorgestellt. Auf der Basis von Angaben aus 39 Automobilfabriken in elf Ländern werden die Dauer der Arbeits- und Betriebszeiten sowie die Organisation der...

The present overview on existing research addresses the double implication of working-time standards as legal (or contractual) norms, on the one hand, and socially established normality, on the other. Looking primarily at the evidence on the statutory 35-hour week in France, the author discusses...

This book examines the ways in which collective bargaining addresses a variety of workplace concerns in the context of today’s global economy. Globalization can contribute to growth and development, but as the recent financial crisis demonstrated, it also puts employment, earnings and...

The present economic crisis has sparked a new debate in a wider political and academic public about the role of the state in advanced capitalist societies. The paper discusses this issue in a comparative perspective: How have different models of capitalism in Europe coped with major economic and...