Decentralised, self-organised cross-border activities are increasingly shaping global policymaking. While state actors have lost ground, policy and economic networks have emerged as key actors, transforming international relations as well as national spheres. Academic discourse is following...

A summary of the main findings of comparative research undertaken in five European countries published in the journal BEST No. 1/99.

This paper aims to adopt the perspective of employers, trade unions and society at large in examining ways in which the status of “employee” might change in a service and knowledge society. The traditional concept of the “employee” is rooted in the capitalist industrial society—and...