Trade Unions In Western Europe Since 1945 (societies Of Euroe)

The Societies of Europe is an 8-title series of historical data handbooks and accompanying CD-ROM sets, on the development of Europe from the nineteenth to the twentieth century. The series is a product of the Mannheim Centre for Social research, a body dedicated to comparative research on Europe and one of the leading social research institutes in the world. It is a collection of datasets giving a clear and systematic study of long term developments in European society. The data is presented statistically and is clearly comparative. The Societies of Europe is the most comprehensive data series available on Western European social issues. Each book is accompanied by a CD-ROM containing data sets not included in the text enabling users to manipulate the data as wanted. Information is available in different programmes (Excel, SPSS and SAS) and in data structures for analysis, viewing and building time series. This comparative data handbook offers an empirical base to a long-term and comparative understanding of changes and variations in European union movements. It provides information on the context and history of union development, the changes in the structure of post-war unionism until today, the long-term trends in union membership and union density, and the shifts in the cross-sectional composition of union membership. This book and CD-ROM are the result of many years of research by the authors in collaboration with an international research team, and provides an original source for comparative and national studies or individual enquiries. The country and comparative tables offer cross-checked and often newly-calculated statistics on national union organizations and their membership series. The CD-ROM includes selected tables from the handbook and provides additional databases with organizational data and membership series of major national and European union organizations. Front Matter....Pages i-xxi Front Matter....Pages 1-1 A Guide to the Handbook....Pages 3-32 A Comparative Profile....Pages 33-74 Front Matter....Pages 75-75 Austria....Pages 77-110 Belgium....Pages 111-155 Denmark....Pages 157-199 Finland....Pages 201-236 France....Pages 237-277 Germany....Pages 279-337 Ireland....Pages 339-369 Italy....Pages 371-428 The Netherlands....Pages 429-501 Norway....Pages 503-543 Portugal....Pages 545-572 Spain....Pages 573-603 Sweden....Pages 605-655 Switzerland....Pages 657-703 United Kingdom / Great Britain....Pages 705-756 Back Matter....Pages 757-807 Bernhard Ebbinghaus And Jelle Visser. Includes Bibliographical References. System Requirements: Windows 95/98/nt; Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0; Netscape 4.5 Or Higher Or Ms Internet Explorer 4.0 Or Higher; Excel 4.0 Or Higher; Ms Access '97 Or Dbase 4 Or Higher. Provides data and documentation on the development of trade unions in major West European countries and at the European level. Three main aspects are covered: organizational history, membership and density