European integration and industrial relations

Paul Marginson, Keith Sisson

"This book comprehensively analyses the impact of continuing European integration on industrial relations, institutions and outcomes. It organizes a body of theoretical and empirical material to sustain its core argument that the governance of industrial relations is increasingly multi-level. Developing relatively autonomously rather than by design, this multi-level framework is the product of responses by a range of national and supranational actors to the challenges of European integration. Cross-national influences are shown to mix with national ones and involve the European sector and company, as well as Community, levels. Competing tendencies towards 'Europeanization', 'Americanization' and 'Re-nationalization' of industrial relations are identified. It is unclear whether EU enlargement will extend or unravel these developments." "Drawing on the authors' extensive record to...

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