The brave new world of European labor : European trade unions at the millennium / Andrew Martin and George Ross [and others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"European trade unions played a central role in building a "European model of society"--Negotiated labor-management relations, high labor standards, generous welfare states, and collective political representation - which reached its pinnacle in the earlier post-World War II era. More recently, this European "model" and the unions place in it have been challenged by lower growth, rising unemployment, accelerated European integration, and neo-liberal policies. These essays, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, examine responses of union movements to these challenges over the past two decades in six major European countries as well as cross-nationally at the European Union level."--Jacket.

European unions face the millennium / George Ross and Andrew Martin -- Unforgiven: British trade unionism in crisis / Chris Howell -- Every which way but loose: German industrial relations since 1980 / Stephen J. Silvia -- "Yesterday's modern times are no longer modern": Swedish unions confront the double shift / Rianne Mahon -- The hollowing out of French unions: politics and industrial relations after1981 / Anthony Daley -- The resurgence of Italian unions? / Richard M. Locke and Lucio Baccaro -- Tightrope: Spanish unions and labor market segmentation / Lydia Fraile -- In the line of fire: the Europeanization of labor representation / Andrew Martin and George Ross -- Through a glass darkly / George Ross and Andrew Martin.