Comparative employment relations in the global economy

Part 1 Comparative employment relations. 1 Introduction: global challenges at work / John Kelly and Carola Frege; 2 Theoretical perspectives on comparative employment relations / Carola Frege and John Kelly -- Part 2 Employment relations challenges in comparative perspective. 3 Globalization and employment relations / Sarosh Kuruvilla; 4 Job quality, work intensity and working time: some cross-national comparisons on the experience of work / Patrick McGovern; 5 Inequalities and employment relations / Jenny Rodriguez and Jill Rubery; 6 Labour migration / Carola Frege; 7 Work and employment practices in comparative perspective / John Godard; 8 Employment relations and economic performance / Damian Grimshaw and Susan Hayter; 9 Employment relations, welfare and politics / Anke Hassel -- Part 3 Regulating the employment relationship.10 Individual employee rights at work / Cynthia Estlund; 11 Collective representation at work: institutions and dynamics / Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick; 12 Regional regulation: the EU / Paul Marginson; 13 International regulation: standards and voluntary practices / Michael Fichter -- Part 4 Employment regulation in national contexts. 14 The United States / Gerald Friedman and John Godard; 15 The United Kingdom / John Kelly; 16 France / Nick Parsons; 17 Germany / Martin Behrens; 18 Sweden / Torsten Svensson; 19 Japan / D. Hugh Whittaker; 20 Brazil / Mark S. Anner and João Paulo Cândia Veiga; 21 Russia / Sarah Ashwin and Irina Kozina; 22 India / Vidu Badigannavar and Dona Ghosh; 23 China / Mingwei Liu; 24 South Africa / Roger Southall