International handbook of trade unions This Handbook is an authoritative and invaluable reference tool uniquely analysing the forces governing unionism union behaviour and union impact from a variety of perspectives both theoretical and empirical. The 14 chapters are written in an accessible style by acknowledged leading specialists from the fields of economics and industrial relations. They offer a truly international perspective on this important subject 1. Introduction John T. Addison and Claus Schnabel 2. Determinants of trade union membership Claus Schnabel 3. Economic models of union behaviour Robin Naylor 4. Unions bargaining and strikes Peter Cramton and Joseph Tracy 5. Unions and productivity financial performance and investment : international evidence David Metcalf 6. Collective bargaining and macroeconomic performance Robert J. Flanagan 7. Changes over time in union relative wage effects in the UK and the USA revisited David Blanchflower and Alex Bryson 8. Unions and the wage structure David Card Thomas Lemieux and W. Craig Riddell 9. Unions and innovation : a survey of the theory and empirical evidence Naercio Menezes Filho and John Van Reenen 10. Trade unions as political actors Wolfgang Streeck and Anke Hassel 11. Unions and unionism around the world Jelle Visser 12. Recent changes in the industrial relations framework in the UK John T. Addison and W. Stanley Siebert 13. Europeanization of collective bargaining Dieter Sadowski Oliver Ludewig and Florian Turk 14. Contemporary developments in and challenges to collective bargaining in the United States John Delancy