Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 Comparative employment relations -- 1.Introduction: global challenges at work / Carola Frege -- 2.Theoretical perspectives on comparative employment relations / John Kelly -- pt. 2 The content of employment regulation -- 3.Individual employee rights at work / Cynthia Estlund -- 4.Collective representation at work: institutions and dynamics / Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick -- 5.The experience of work in comparative perspective / Patrick McGovern -- 6.HRM, organizational performance and employee involvement / Stephen Wood -- 7.Employment relations and economic performance / John Schmitt -- 8.Employment relations, welfare and politics / Anke Hassel -- pt. 3 Employment regulation in national contexts -- 9.The United States / Gerald Friedman -- 10.The United Kingdom / John Kelly -- 11.France / Nick Parsons -- 12.Germany / Martin Behrens -- 13.Sweden / Torsten Svensson -- 14.Japan / D. Hugh Whittaker -- 15.Brazil / Candia Veiga --

Contents note continued: 16.Russia / Irina Kozina -- 17.India / Vidu Badigannavar -- 18.China / Mingwel Liu -- 19.South Africa / Roger Southall -- pt. 4 Transnational regulation -- 20.Globalization / Tashlin Lakhani -- 21.Voluntary regulation: codes of practice and framework agreements / Michael Fichter -- 22.Regional regulation: the EU and NAFTA / Monika Ewa Kaminska -- 23.International regulation: the ILO and other agencies / Keith D. Ewing.