"A team of European social scientists investigated the various facets of increased militancy in the late 1960s. The results are contained in individual essays, which take account of the changes that preceded and were accentuated by the economic crisis of 1973. The first volume deals with the increase in industrial conflicts and the consequences in the major European countries; the second volume takes up the more general problems - inter alia, the role of women and immigrants, the changing role of the state and of the politics of the trade unions. A major effort at clarification and analysis"--Provided by publisher.

Comparison of recent patterns of labour relations and labour disputes in Belgium, France, Germany, Federal Republic, Italy, Netherlands and the UK - comprises an analysis of strikes, lockouts, strike frequency, civil disobedience (political problems), collective bargaining demands, trade union militancy and workers representation. References and statistical tables.