This volume brings together the literature on comparative capitalism with that on comparative HRM. Founded on rigorous cross national survey evidence, it explores differences and similarities in key areas of work and employment relations within and between regions and countries.

This edited volume provides a critical and international analysis of the public sector through theoretical debates, empirical issues and regional studies. It begins by reassessing the public choice theoretical paradigm, the implications of New Public Management, the current crisis of democracy and ways of mediating market pressures.