Als Adam Smith und andere die Theorie freier Märkte entwickelten, war das ein progressives Projekt: Die Freiheit der Märkte sollte auch zur Befreiung der Lohnabhängigen führen - von den Zwängen obrigkeitsstaatlicher Strukturen, vor allem aber von der Gängelung durch die Arbeitgeber. In...

Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...

This article investigates the transformations of the French unionism and of the French system of industrial relations over the last years and their probable future. It shows: an evolution from a militant unionism to a professionalized trade unionist system; the decline of collective actions; the...