Towards a European Labour Identity

Abstract

Introduction: process and structure of the book 1 European Works Councils and the problem of identity HERMAN KNUDSEN, MICHAELWHITTALL AND FRED HUIJGEN 2 The European Works Councils Directive: changing rationales for EU regulation of employee participation MICHAEL GOLD 3 Living apart together? A Chorus of multiple identities ANDREW R. TIMMING AND ULKE VEERSMA 4 Beyond European Works Council networks: the break-up of the Rover group MICHAELWHITTALL 5 Co-ordinating across borders: the role of European industry federations within European Works Councils VALERIA PULIGNANO 6 Regional clusters of communication: between national and European identities MONICA ANDERSSON AND CHRISTER THORNQVIST 7 Ethno-, poly- and Eurocentric European Works Councils: how does German involvement influence their identity? HELEN BICKNELL 8 Still learning from Europe: Spanish participation in European Works Councils HOLM-DETLEV KOHLER AND SERGIO GONZALEZ BEGEGA 9 Interest representation and European identity: a twofold challenge for European Works Councils VOLKER TELLJOHANN 10 The European Works Council and the feeling of interdependence HERMANN KOTTHOFF 11 Preparing the ground for a social Europe? European Works Councils and European regulatory identity MIGUEL MARTINEZ LUCIO AND SYD WESTON 12 Coming of age: the development of a collective identity in European Works Councils TORSTEN MULLER AND STEFAN RUB 13 Tackling the identity dilemma FRED HUIJGEN, MICHAEL WHITTALL AND HERMAN KNUDSEN