In the face of continuing European market and economic integration, European industrial relations has become more fractured. This fracturing is occurring in two senses. First, the main institutional pillars of the industrial relations dimension of the European social model (or models) are...

The dramatic impact of the 2008 crisis on the Italian economy led to policy responses including structural reforms and labour market liberalisation to reverse the worrisome output and employment trends. A key action by the Italian government, the evocatively named Jobs Act of 2014, has deeply...

Die Landesregierungen haben in den letzten 25 Jahren angesichts Sparzwang und knapper öffentlicher Finanzen massive Personalreduzierungen und Organisationsveränderungen vorgenommen, welche die Handlungsfähigkeit des öffentlichen Dienstes mehr und mehr infrage stellen. Die Beschäftigtenzahl...

We revisit the concept of Diversified Quality Production (DQP), which we introduced about thirty years ago. Our purpose is to examine the extent to which the concept can still be considered tenable for describing and explaining the development of the interaction between the political economy and...

We revisit the concept of Diversified Quality Production (DQP), which we introduced about thirty years ago. Our purpose is to examine the extent to which the concept can still be considered tenable for describing and explaining the development of the interaction between the political economy and...

Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, the authors argue that since industrialization, Germany has continually experienced a dual labor market. One segment contains the primary segment of better paid and more attractive jobs, while the secondary segment encompasses rather...

In der Study werden die Arbeitsbeziehungen im Krankenhaussektor von Deutschland und Großbritannien. Der deutsche Krankenhaussektor ist durch fragmentierte und dezentral organisierte (Lohn-)Verhandlungen gekennzeichnet, während im britischen NHS (National Health Service) die Lohnkoordinierungen...

Introduction -- Reorganizing production -- Redistribution -- Workplace democracy -- Rethinking employment relations -- Solidarity under focus -- Solidarity economies: a conceptual exercise -- Conclusion

The rise of China, and of labor protest, from 1978 to 2010 -- Who speaks for China's workers? : an introduction to the ACFTU and the labor NGOs -- How did the New Deal resolve the American "labor question"? : bringing a comparative lens in focus -- Can China regulate its way out of labor unrest?...