Understanding EMU : the role of labour market institutions -- The other road to Maastricht : currency blocs, wage moderation, and social conflict -- The perils of coordination : wages and labour relations from the European Monetary System to EMU -- Diversity without unity : labour unions and...

This edited volume analyses the channels through which EU membership contributed to the convergence process of member countries in the Baltics, Central-Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. These channels include trade, investment, finance, labour, and laws and institutions. Global integration has...