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...

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...

Introduction : the changing nature of labor, management, and government interactions / Harry C. Katz -- The Irish experiment in social partnership / Paul Teague and James Donaghey -- The Netherlands : resilience in structure, revolution in substance / Hans Slomp -- Collective bargaining and...