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Zusatztext 'The authors combine a masterful analysis of the weakening nexus between social democratic labour parties and trade unions in Europe with thoughtful reflections on possible future developments. A must-read for everybody interested in the possibilities of trade union revival.' Andreas Bieler! University of Nottingham! UK '...[this book] makes a valuable contribution to a seminal concern for union activists.' Labour Research Informationen zum Autor Martin Upchurch is a Professor of International Employment Relations at the Middlesex University Business School! Middlesex University! UK! Graham Taylor! is a Reader in Sociology! at the School of Sociology! University of the West of England! UK and Dr Andrew Mathers is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Sociology! University of the West of England! UK. Klappentext Outlines a crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe and examines the alternatives. This book defines social democratic trade unionism and its associated party-union nexus and explains how this traditional model has been threatened by social democracy's accommodation to neoliberal restructuring and public service reform. Zusammenfassung There is a developing crisis of social democratic trade unionism in Western Europe; this volume outlines the crisis and examines the emerging alternatives. Examining the experience of Sweden, Germany, Britain and France, the volume explores the historical rise and fall of social democratic trade unionism and probes the policy and practice of the European Trade Union Confederation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Social Democracy and Trade Unions; Chapter 2 Sweden – Social Democracy after the Divorce?; Chapter 3 Germany – The Collapse of a Model?; Chapter 4 State, Unions, and Labourism in Britain; Chapter 5 The Persistence of French Exceptionalism?; Chapter 6 The ‘European Social Model’: Towards a Transnational Social Democratic Trade Unionism?; Chapter 7 Alternative Futures?;...
