This title was first published in 2003.The completion of the Single Market and the launching of the European Monetary Union during the 1990s have been accompanied by processes of socio-economic restructuring and major changes in the structure and forms of governance within the dynamic multi-level EU system. The patterns of reaction and adaptation of national industrial relations systems to these EU - developments are discussed under the heading of "Europeanisation" of national IR-systems. The Maastricht and Amsterdam Treaties have extended - to a certain degree - the scope for legislative and coordinated activities by the EU in the fields of social, labour - market and employment policies.
Hans-wolfgang Platzer, Berndt Keller
1: Introduction; 2: The Interprofessional Social Dialogue at European Level; 3: Social Dialogues at Sectoral Level; 4: European Works Councils; 5: European Monetary Union and Collective Bargaining; 6: Europeanisation of Collective Bargaining; 7: European Employment Policy since the 1990s; 8: Conclusions and Perspectives