Introduction -- Introduction to the topic and the state of research -- Political fields and the framework for their conceptual study -- Theoretical approach -- European collective bargaining : empirical findings from the core areas -- Summary: The social construction of organized interests in...

Introduction: trade unions under the pressure of European integration. a question of optimism and pessimism? / Martin Seeliger and Johannes Kiess -- Trade unions in the European crisis : a social movement perspective / Donatella della Porta -- Comment on Della Porta / Wolfgang Streeck --...

Empirical work on Akerlof's theory of gift exchange in labor markets has concentrated on the fair wage-effort hypothesis. In fact, however, the theory also contains a social component that stipulates that homogenous agents that are employed for the same wage level will exert more effort,...

Using linked employer-employee data from the German Structure of Earnings Survey 2001,this paper provides a comprehensive picture of the wage structure in three wage-settingregimes prevalent in the German system of industrial relations...

Getting the picture -- The main bang -- Pushing back -- Wheels up -- Confliction -- Course correction -- Flight ceiling -- Turbulence -- Down the tubes -- Pilot error -- Dead reckoning -- Trading paint -- Aluminum rain -- Debris field -- Black box