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• mangement strategy
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• the role of unions
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• gender and the labour market
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• collective bargaining
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• change at the workplace
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• the state as employer
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• industrial conflict
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• the European Union dimension and 'Social Europe'
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  the transition to the market economy in Eastern Europe

The editors pay particular attention to developments in Eastern Europe as the former Easter bloc countries struggle to achieve the transition to market economies. The workplace, trade unions and the creation of national industrial relations institutions are examined specifically in this context.