Contents
List of Contributors ix Preface xi
Introduction: Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy xiii
Richard Locke, Michael Piore, and Thomas Kochan

1 The Limits of Diffusion: Recent Developments in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices
Marc Weinstein and Thomas Kochan

2 Change and Continuity in British Industrial Relations: "Strategic Choice" or Muddling Through"?
Keith Sisson

3 Managed Decentralization? Recent Trends in Australian Industrial Relations and Human Resource Policies
Russeil Lansbury and John Niland

4 Developments in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices in Canada: An Update from the 1980s
Noah Meltz and Anil Verma

5 Between Voluntarism and Industrialization: Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices in Italy
Ida Regalia and Marino Regini

6 Inertial Choices: An Overview of Spanish Human Resources, Practices and Policies
Víctor Pérez-Díaz and Juan Carlos Rodríguez

7 Industrial Relations and Human Resources in France
Jean Saglio

8 Continuity and Change in the "German Model" of Industrial Relations
Martin Baethge and Harald Wolf

9 The Swedish Model: Demise or Reconfiguration?
Andrew Martin

10 A Social Democratic Order under Pressure: Norwegian Employment Relations in the Eighties
Karl Henrik Sivesind, Ragnvald Kalleberg, Svein Hovde, and Arvid Fennefoss

11 Developments in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Practices in Japan
Keisuke Nakamura and Michio Nitta

12 Conclusion: The Transformation of Industrial Relations? A Cross-National Review of the Evidence

Richard Locke and Thomas Kochan
Index