This book has both empirical and theoretical goals. The primary empirical goal is to examine
the evolution of industrial relations in Western Europe from the end of the 1970s up to the …

Class, Self, Culture puts class back on the map in a novel way by taking a new look at how
class is made and given value through culture. It shows how different classes become …

This book examines the whys, whens, hows, whos, and what-ifs of the pro cess of making
the Eu ro pe an monetary union. Why was this innovative, daring, and risk-filled experiment …

In 1945, many Europeans still heated with coal, cooled their food with ice, and lacked indoor
plumbing. Today, things could hardly be more different. Over the second half of the twentieth …

Despite its widespread use in popular discourse, the term 'social dumping'remains poorly
defined and thus subject to misconceptions or conscious abuse. This paper reviews recent …

The overriding importance of political constraints in the transition process has led to
developments of the theory of the political economy of reform. What are the main insights …

Compressed modernity is a civilizational condition in which economic, political, social and/or
cultural changes occur in an extremely condensed manner in respect to both time and …

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of The German Polity provides a
comprehensive introduction to contemporary German politics, focusing especially on the …

The central question of this book is whether the assignment of government functions to the
individual jurisdictions in a federal state can ensure an optimal allocation of resources and a …

More than a decade after unification, Germany remains deeply divided. Following East and
West German police officers on their patrols through the newly-united city of Berlin and …