Despite its widespread use in popular discourse, the term 'social dum**'remains poorly
defined and thus subject to misconceptions or conscious abuse. This paper reviews recent …

This paper analyses the economic dimension of populist governance in post-crisis Europe
by exploring whether and in what ways populist economic policies diverge from neoliberal …

There are three reasons for writing this book. The first is to establish whether the process of
European integration is making any practical difference to industrial relations. Is European …

Is the EU enlargement the success EU institutions proclaim? Based on fifteen years of
fieldwork research across Central and Eastern Europe and on migrants in the UK and …

There is a consensus among European trade unions that economic integration should be
complemented by a strong 'social dimension'. What is far less clearly agreed is what 'social …

Poland was central to the historic changes that took place across Eastern Europe at the end
of the Cold War. It is the largest economy in the region, and was at the forefront of opposition …

This paper revisits the comparative approach used by Penninx and Roosblad (Trade
Unions, Immigration and Immigrants in Europe, 1960-1993. New York: Berghahn Books) to …

The article examines the industrial relations developments in the post‐communist countries
that entered the EU in 2004. Rather than introducing the 'European Social Model', EU …

Although materialism has a robust relationship with compulsive buying in the US and
Western Europe, consumer theories suggest that materialism might also significantly predict …

Board Level Employee Representation in Europe analyses the role, activities and
networking of board level employee representatives in sixteen European countries and their …