Work and Employment in Europe: A New Convergence?

ISBN-13: 9780415125321 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 272 str.

Peter Cressey

Opis

Europe's work force is subject to a dual convergence process: from the transnational spread of new management practices and from the political force of European Union. Trade union rights, hours of work, working practices and training provisions are all being subjected to these twin pressures. This text assesses both the convergent and divergent developments taking place at both pan-European and cross-national levels. Comparisons of British and French retailing, German and Italian manufacturing jobs, German and British youth training schemes and small business strategies of Britain, France and Italy show simultaneous elements of convergence and national specifity.

Spis treści

Introduction, Bryn Jones, Peter Cressey; Chapter 1 Convergence and/or Societal Effect for the Europe of the Future?, Marc Maurice; Chapter 2 Maastricht and the Governance of Labour Markets, Paul Teague; Chapter 3 The Future of Employee Relations Within European Enterprises, Kevin R O’Kelly; Chapter 4 Euro-Unionism and the Great Auction, Harvie Ramsay; Chapter 5 Commonalities and Divergences in Smallfirm Competitive Strategies, Anna Bull, Joseph Szarka, Martyn Pitt; Chapter 6 New Production Concepts in Germany and Italy, Horst Kern, Angelo Pichierri; Chapter 7 Patterns of Working Hours in Large-Scale Grocery Retailing in Britain and France, Abigail Gregory; Chapter 8 How Young People are Marginalised in English and German Labour Markets, Alan Brown, Martina Behrens; Chapter 9 Hungary’s Employment System on the Way to a Market Economy, Lajos Héthy; Chapter 10 Workers’ Rights and European Integration, A.McDaid Michael;

O autorze

Bryn Jones, Peter Cressey School of Social Sciences, University of Bath, England