The 'financial crisis' and its sequel, the current sovereign debt crisis, appear to be the latest permutations of an old conflict between capitalism and democracy that forcefully reasserted itself after the end of the postwar growth period. Today's calamities were preceded by high inflation in...

Der Beitrag thematisiert zunächst die Rahmenbedingungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt und die spezifische Krise des deutschen Beschäftigungssystems (stabile Koinzidenz hoher Arbeitslosigkeit mit einer niedrigen Erwerbsquote). Ziel der Arbeitsmarkt- und Beschäftigungspolitik müsste es sein, eine auch...

AbstractEuropean industrial relations are rapidly internationalizing; internationalization, however, is not necessarily de-nationalization. Even as European integration accelerates, national politics and industrial relations will remain the principal arenas for the social regulation of work and...

AbstractIn recent years, parallel trends of organizational restructuring have become manifest among trade unions. Sharing similar experiences of stagnant membership and falling density rates, coupled with structural shifts in employment from industry to services and a growing pressure to attend...