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Informationen zum Autor Andreas Bieler is Senior Lecturer in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Nottingham Klappentext This book provides a detailed comparison of the trade unions of five EU member states (Austria, Britain, France, Germany and Sweden) and their positions on EMU. Several European-level trade union organisations are also investigated. Zusammenfassung This book provides a detailed comparison of the trade unions of five EU member states (Austria! Britain! France! Germany and Sweden) and their positions on EMU. Several European-level trade union organisations are also investigated. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Trade unions, EMU and the transnational restructuring of social relations: theoretical and methodological considerations 1. Trade unions, EMU and neo-liberal restructuring in Europe2. Transnational restructuring and the conceptualisation of labour as an international actorPart II. Trade unions and the transnational restructuring of European social relations 3. Globalisation and the transnationalisation of the social relations of production4. Globalisation and the transnationalisation of national forms of statePart III. Trade unions and their positions on EMU and European co-operation5. Trade union confederations and the attempt at coherence 6. Transnational social forces of labour and their support for EMU 7. National social forces of labour: the reluctance to engage in European co-operation8. European trade unions and EMU: the emergence of labour as a regional actor?Part IV. What future Union? the struggle for a social Europe9. Trade unions and the future of the European model of capitalism
