This volume, the first of a two-volume set, consists of monographs on the trade unions in different European countries, questioning the relevance and background of ideological diversity in trade unions.
The politics of ideological diversity in France, Johan Verberckmoes;
between identity and pragmatism - Italian trade unionism on its way to
Europe, Giampiero Bianchi; Belgium - pragmatism in pluralism, Patrick
Pasture; the unattainable unity in the Netherlands, Patrick Pasture; Germany
- inner trade union diversity, Johan Verberckmoes; the United Kingdom -
between policy and party, Johan Verberckmoes; Sweden - the emergence and
erosion of a "model", Bo Strath.
