Front Matter -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- 1. Enhancing social partners' and social dialogue's roles and capacity in the new world of work: Overview -- 2. Strengthening the representativeness of the social partners and their institutional capacity to shape...

At a time of rising cost of living, wide wage inequalities and widespread in-work poverty, the demand for a living wage has heightened. The concept of a “living wage” has some limitations, including that it is operationalised in a variety of ways. This variety may serve the purpose of making...

Contents: 1. Convergence in the EU: what role for industrial relations? / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez -- 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: is limited social dialogue an impediment? / Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and...

Contents: 1. Curbing inequalities in Europe: the impact of industrial relations and labour policies / Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez -- 2. Labour market inequalities in conditions of limited social dialogue: the case of the Baltic states / Jaan Masso, Maryna Tverdostup,...

"International debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects they may have on both social and economic developments. Income inequality, now at its highest level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the sustainability of European social policy but also...