Topics covered include public pensions in the OECD, social security, the state of private pensions, prospects for National Health Insurance in the United States, medicare, contingent workers : health and pension security, benefits for same-sex partners.

Going Public examines the forces affecting labor and management and the prospects for adopting service-oriented cooperative relationships as a key strategy for meeting the expanded demands on the public sector.

Comprises a collection of papers which discuss the decline of the standard employment relationship and the emerging new employment arrangements. Focuses on the 1990s.