Includes bibliographical references and index.

Worldwide trends and prospects for trade union revitalisation / Craig Phelan -- US unions and revitalisation strategies in the neo-liberal era / Dan Clawson and Mary Ann Clawson -- Missed opportunities and forgotten futures : why union renewal in Canada has stalled / Charlotte A.B. Yates -- Trade unionism in Mexico : current situation and obstacles to renewal / Graciella Bensusán -- Trade unions and politics in Brazil / José Ricardo Ramalho -- The resilience of traditional trade union practices in the revitalisation of the Argentine labour movement / Maurizio Atzeni and Pablo Ghigliani -- Trade unionism in Venezuela : the current situation / Héctor Lucena -- The difficult road for trade unionism in Chile / Volker Frank -- Trade union revitalisation : trends and prospects in the United Kingdom / Peter Fairbrother -- Shifting patterns in French trade unionism / Sylvie Contrepois -- Trade union revitalisation in Germany / Martin Behrens, Michael Fichter and Carola M. Frege -- Trade union revitalisation in the Netherlands / Leni Beukema -- Trade union revitalisation in Spain / Kerstin Hamman and Miguel Martinez Lucio -- Portuguese trade unionism : dilemmas and prospects / Alan Stoleroff -- Understanding the changing influence of trade unions in contemporary Italy / Valeria Pulignano -- Austria : corporatist unionism in crisis / Sabine Blaschke -- The Swedish trade union system in transition : high but falling union density / Anders Kjellberg -- Trade unions in Denmark : still victorious? / Jens Lind -- Trade union revitalisation in Poland : trends and prospects / David Ost -- Russian trade unions : stuck in Soviet-style subordination? / Sarah Ashwin -- Trade unions in the Czech Republic / Martin Myant -- Trade unions in Slovenia / Miroslav Stanojević -- Trade unions in Ukraine / Paul Kubicek -- Reinventing trade unions in Romania : building legitimacy in a changing society / Georgeta Ghebrea -- The state of trade unionism in Hungary / László Neumann -- The state of trade unionism in South Africa / Edward Webster and Sakhela Buhlungu -- Trade unionism in Cameroon : from crisis to revitalisation? / Piet Konings -- The state of trade unionism in Israel / Itzhak Harpaz -- Trade unionism in Turkey / Gamze Yücesan-Özdemir and Ali Murat Özdemir and Ali Murat Özdemir -- Unions in India at critical crossroads / Anibel Ferus-Comelo -- The All China Federation of Trade Unions : present role, trends and prospects / Bill Taylor and Qi Li -- Union organising : the case of Japan / John Salmon -- Korean labour in crisis / Doowon Suh -- Indonesia's new unions / Michele Ford -- Australian unions : still in crisis / Gerard Griffin.

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