Introduction : the changing nature of labor, management, and government interactions / Harry C. Katz -- The Irish experiment in social partnership / Paul Teague and James Donaghey -- The Netherlands : resilience in structure, revolution in substance / Hans Slomp -- Collective bargaining and...

The rise of consumer capitalism -- Consumption contested -- The organized consumer -- Consumer risk -- Consumer information -- Standards versus contracts -- Price and quality -- The consumer as citizen.

Legitimacy is a social source of financial power -- Legitimacy in political economy -- The financial reform nexus in England -- The financial reform nexus in Germany -- The financial reform nexus in the United States -- The financial reform nexus in Japan -- The social sources of international...