Since Maastricht, there has been a concerted effort at the EU level to forge a fair and mutually responsible legal relationship between labour and management. What is sought is a legal framework for labour relations that will protectand even nourishthe most important employment interests of all Europeans. It is now clear, with more than a decades perspective, that many unforeseen obstacles and pitfallsboth legal and practicalhave slowed the progress of this social dialogue. The European Social Dialogue Revisited focuses on what has gone wrong, what has gone right, and what initiatives...