Publisher's Synopsis
This book launches a new and controversial debate on the role of trade unions in democratic worker participation. The authors argue that unions should increase their active involvement in worker participation and bring organisational and financial participation, mainly initiated by employers, under democratic control. - - Included is an exceptionally rich compilation of information on the state of direct and indirect participation in contemporary Europe. Experts in the field analyze the conditions that stimulated the development of participation in the past and its role in industrial relations structures. They point to the recent decline of trade union leadership in participation, accompanied by the deterioration of a once vigorous research collaboration between universities and trade unions. - - This book is an important and timely re-examination of the fundamental issues of participation, bringing them sharply into the context of Social Europe. It seeks to provoke new ideas for policies for participation by proposing a scenario for the 21st century.
