"The economic crisis has brought about a watershed in institutional, political and social relations, reshaping the labour market and the class structure in southern Europe. This book provides a critical comparative assessment of the dynamics of change in the employment field, focusing on Spain,...

Part I. Southern Europe : the labour market and the crisis. The themes, the concepts, and the field -- Employment relations and crisis management -- Part II. The changing context of employment relations in Spain, Greece, and Cyprus. Spain : compression and upheaval -- Greece, suppression,...

Introduction: policy reform in Southern Europe and Ireland and the role of social dialogue / Konstantinos Papadakis and Youcef Ghellab -- Impact of the crisis on industrial relations in Europe / Christian Welz and Andrea Broughton -- Explaining the institutional architecture of the Eurozone and...

This edited volume provides an overview of the changes that have occurred in industrial relations systems in Southern Europe and Ireland as a result of the debt crisis and subsequent fiscal consolidation policies. The authors take stock of developments and consider policy implications