"In un'analisi elegante, chiara e coerente gli autori mostrano le inadeguatezze e gli errori della gran parte delle posizioni economiche e politiche dei diversi protagonisti nel dibattito sulla crisi europea - siano i sostenitori dell'ortodossia neoliberista, siano molte tra le voci critiche. Emergono dalla discussione proposte positive e ottimistiche, e anche pratiche, per uscire dalle crisi, che meritano attenzione seria". COLIN CROUCHPer comprendere la vera natura della crisi europea bisogna prestare attenzione ai cambiamenti nella finanza e nell'industria negli ultimi 15-20 anni, abbandonando la centralità della bilancia commerciale nell'impostazione teorica di base e aprendosi a una più complessa visione macrofinanziaria. La conclusione dell'analisi dei tre autori è che l'uscita dalla moneta unica sia una risposta illusoria che rischia di condurre a più, e non meno, austerità. Per quanto l'euro sia un disegno incompiuto e contraddittorio di unificazione monetaria, che va rivoluzionato dall'interno per riaprire spazi alla democrazia e al conflitto, e la sua dissoluzione appaia sempre più probabile, la decomposizione dell'Unione Europea porterebbe al ristabilimento di una dimensione nazionale che esaspererebbe gli elementi di concorrenza distruttiva tra i paesi dell'area. Con conseguenze disastrose sia sul piano sociale che sugli stessi equilibri geopolitici. Di qui la necessità di giocare ogni spazio possibile di azione che eviti la regressione sovranista.

Euro al capolinea? - La vera natura della crisi europea

This book pursues principal aims. First it describes and reviews current concerns in regard to the conditions of labour markets, production organizations, working conditions, and industrial and employment relations. Prominent among these concerns are the crisis in trade unions and in democratic labour market institutions, and the rise of what many critics regard as technocratic administrative powers in the displacement of democratic practices. Furthermore the book explores aspects of the search for socio-cultural innovation in the wide areas of work, industrial, organizational, management, and employment relations. It therefore deals with participatory democratic practices in the world of work and production, with citizenship, social cohesion, wider participation in education and training, as well as with cultural interests in identity, solidarity and non-market values.

Workers, Citizens, Governance - Socio-Cultural Innovation at Work

China's industrial growth has been the unexpected event of the beginning of the 21st century owing to its impact on the entire global economy. The aim of the book is to get a common understanding of China's economic future and its consequences for Europe based on the situation in three metal sectors chosen as examples, namely steel, shipbuilding, and automotive. That assessment can then serve as a basis for describing and evaluating the importance of the factors enabling Chinese industry to be globally competitive. Finally, this research will endeavour to pinpoint the relevant issues and establish ways of internationally regulating the growth of China's metal industries, making them compatible with international standards regarding sustainable development and social responsibility.

Is China a Risk or an Opportunity for Europe? - An Assessment of the Automobile, Steel and Shipbuilding Sectors

Participation is a social process, which is basically part of an exchange relationship. Thus, it is principally pluralist and ambiguous in its meaning. As a consequence, the reconciliation of voices needs innovative approaches to support balanced participation experiences. The ambivalent character of participation intends to provide a look at new initiatives in the various fields of work­place participation. Leading international scholars examine the role of institutional contexts for participation, the development of new forms of interest organisation as well as the relationship between organisational performance, participation practices and quality of working life. The contributions are not limited to taking stock of new experiences in the field of workplace participation, but also contribute to designing a new research agenda.

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