The International Handbook of Trade Unions

This is a paperback reprint of the original 2003 hardback edition. The editors have successfully drawn together leading authorities and experts in the field to outline some key aspect within the modern international trade union movement. In their introduction they set the reader on the correct path: “The Handbook provides a detailed review and analysis of what the editors believe to be the main areas of research in the (economic) analysis of unions, ranging from the determinants and the extent of unions through analysis of their micro‐ and macro‐economic effects to discussion of some key institutional developments at country and...