One essay of between 3,500 and 4,500 words to be submitted via Blackboard by no later than deadline.
Choose ONE question
1: How do EU regulations concerning employment complement or contradict established systems of industrial relations within member state countries? Make reference to at least three of the core countries in your answer.
2: Critically compare the industrial relations systems of one coordinated market economy and one liberal market economy among those considered in the course. To what extent are these systems converging towards a common regulatory model?
3: Discuss the decline in union membership across at least three of the core countries with reference to some of the main explanations provided by the literature
4: With reference to at least three core countries, compare and contrast how industrial action is regulated, differing levels of strike action and the reasons why industrial action has declined more generally.
5: With reference to at least three core countries, comparatively analyse how public sector restructuring and changing management practices have impacted on public sector industrial relations and employment.
