The object of this article concerns the destiny of the industrial relations as a method of regulation of the labour contracts and as an instrument of achievement of the industrial citizenship, complementary to the social protection of the welfare state. The point of departure regards the effects...

This paper suggests that all the models of industrial relations, not just the more "statist" ones, have been characterized throughout their history by complex and sometimes troublesome relationships with the state. These models have always been conditioned, and in certain sense shaped, by the...

The theme of this article concerns the representation through collective actors. The article starts by addressing the soundness of the typical assumption held by labour economics reasoning which states that the differences in union behaviour depend on union membership composition. This approach...