This article discusses the role of European Works Councils (EWCs) in industrial restructuring in the European car industry. It reviews a series of recent company agreements on local employment and investment guarantees, and concludes that the industrial relations system in the industry is...

Understanding EMU : the role of labour market institutions -- The other road to Maastricht : currency blocs, wage moderation, and social conflict -- The perils of coordination : wages and labour relations from the European Monetary System to EMU -- Diversity without unity : labour unions and...

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part I. State, Market, and Firms in the French Political Economy -- 1. Making Sense of France 7 -- 1.1. Economic and Industrial Adjustment in France 9 -- 1.2. Explaining Corporate Change 23 -- 1.3. A Firm-Centred View of the French Political...