The American and British systems of industrial relations on the eve of World War I -- The impact of World War I: experimenting with corporatism -- The twenties: the retreat from wartime corporatist experiments and the quest for new forms of voluntary organization -- The Great Depression and the...

Paradoxes, anomalies and hypotheses -- Union density in a cross-national context -- The evolution of trade unions in the United States and Canada: the emergence of "the gap" in union density -- Social democratic Canada/free market United States -- Attitudes and values: an inverted relationship...

Introduction: Business ideology and class formation -- Business unity in Cincinnati -- Race and class alignments in San Francisco -- Business citizenship in Cincinnati -- Practical corporatism in San Francisco -- From politics to work : good citizens and model employers in Cincinnati -- From...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Changing Nature of Labor, Management, and Government Interactions / Katz, Harry C. -- 1. The Irish Experiment in Social Partnership / Teague, Paul / Donaghey, James -- 2. The Netherlands: Resilience in Structure, Revolution in Substance / Slomp, Hans...