Description
Europe’s work force is subject to a dual convergence process from the trans-national spread of new management practices and from the political force of the European union. Trade union rights, hours of work, working practices and training provisions are all being subjected to these twin pressures. “Work and Employment in Europe” assesses both the convergent and divergent developments taking place at both pan-Europena and cross-national levels. Comparisons of British and French retailing, German and Italian manufacturing jobs, German and British youth training schemes, and small business strategies of Britain, France and Italy show simulaneous elements of convergence and national specifity. Studies of Scandanavia and Hungary, both still on the EC’s periphery, demonstrate the continuing strenght of national instutions and traditions in countries seeking eventual inclusion in the EC.
