During the last 30 years or so, different theoretical and empirical perspectives have come to see economies as embedded in institutional, social and cultural structures. Such perspectives developed in contrast to the neoclassical economic paradigm of a rational actor isolated from his/her social...

This article examines the new trends in the regulation of work brought about by recent changes in the economy. Contrary to received wisdom, what is taking place in most European economies is not a generalized employers' attack on negotiation in order to restore unilateral authority. Rather, it...

Introduction. Which road to development? The 'Mediterranean model' revisited / Luigi Burroni, Emmanuele Pavolini and Marino Regini -- Is there a 'Mediterranean' growth model? / Lucio Baccaro -- States' performance, reforms and policy capacity in Southern European countries / Giliberto Capano and...