Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Comparative employment relations. Introduction: global challenges at work / John Kelly and Carola Frege -- Theoretical perspectives on comparative employment relations / Carola Frege and John Kelly -- Part 2: Employment relations challenges in comparative perspective. Globalization and employment relations / Sarosh Kuruvilla -- Job quality, work intensity and working time: the experience of work / Patrick McGovern -- Inequalities and employment relations / Jenny K. Rodriguez and Jill Rubery -- Labour migration / Carola Frege -- Work and employment practices in comparative perspective / John Godard -- Employment relations and economic performance / Damian Grimshaw and Susan Hayter -- Employment relations, welfare and politics / Anke Hassel -- Part 3: Regulating the employment relationship. Individual employee rights at work / Cynthia Estlund -- Collective representation at work: institutions and dynamics / Richard Hyman and Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick -- Regional regulation: the European Union / Paul Marginson -- International regulation: standards and voluntary practices / Michael Fichter -- Part 4: Employment regulation in national contexts. The United States / Geral Friedman and John Godard -- The United Kingdom / John Kelly -- France / Nick Parsons -- Germany / Martin Behrens -- Sweden / Torsten Svensson -- Japan / D. Hugh Whittaker -- Brazil / Mark S. Anner and Joa̋o Paulo Cândia Veiga -- Russia / Sarah Ashwin and Irina Kozina -- Indian / Vidu Badigannavar and Dona Ghosh -- China / Mingwei Liu -- South Africa / Roger Southall