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1 online resource (321 pages)
ISBN:
9780191529887
Content:
In this book, first-rate international scholars in the field explore the role that unions are likely to play in the changed economic environment of the new century. Questions discussed include: What will unions look like in the years to come? Which kind of interest groups will they represent? How important will be the broader political role of unions? To what extent do unions care about future generations?.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Cotributors -- Part I. The Future of Collective Bargaining in Europe -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Union Membership -- 2.1. Membership trends in the twentieth century: increased cross-national variation -- 2.2. Union membership decline -- 2.3. Why join a trade union? -- 2.4. Cyclical explanations of union membership developments -- 2.5. Structural explanations -- 2.6. Institutional explanations -- 2.7. Centralization and unionization -- 2.8. Some additional empirical evidence on union membership -- 2.9. New organizing strategies -- 2.10. Conclusions -- 3. Wage Bargaining, Union Power, and Economic Integration -- 3.1. Review of literature on union wage effects: theory and evidence -- 3.2. The impact of trade, integration, and FDI in Europe on union bargaining power -- 3.3. Conclusions -- 4. Wider Dimensions of Unions' Presence -- 4.1. What else do European unions do? -- 4.2. How do they do it? -- 4.3. The future of union presence -- 4.4. Conclusions -- 5. Bargaining Structure and Macroeconomic Performance -- 5.1. The conventional wisdom -- 5.2. The interaction between bargaining structure and economic policy -- 5.3. Bargaining structure and macroeconomic shocks -- 5.4. Bargaining structure and the EMU -- 5.5. Conclusions -- 6. The Future Prospects for Trade Unions in Europe -- 6.1. Prospects for union membership -- 6.2. Four scenarios for collective bargaining in the future -- 6.3. Possible union strategies -- Comments -- Villy Bergström -- Robert Flanagan -- References -- Part II. What do Unions do to the Welfare States? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Unions' Involvement in the Welfare State -- 2.1. Unions and the welfare state development -- 2.2. Unions and membership structure -- 2.3. Unions as a political movement -- 2.4. Unions and social insurance administration -- 2.5. Unions and occupational welfare.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199246571
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199246571
Language:
English
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