This book has both empirical and theoretical goals.
The book offers a comprehensive description and a.
Its purpose is to evaluate the extent to which liberalization has taken hold of European Industrial Relations and institutions through five detailed, chapter-length studies, each focusing on a different country and including quantitative analysis.
The primary empirical goal is to examine the evolution of Industrial Relations in Western Europe from the end of the 1970s up to the present.
This book has both empirical and theoretical goals