Reforming public sector labor relations - Carlo Dell'Aringa Privatization and labor cost reductions The new public management Administrative decentralization and collective bargaining Trade union's responses to increasing flexibility Concluding remarks and open questions The new public management in Europe - Stephen Bach and Giuseppe Della Rocca Challenges and problens Traditional organization and practice in the public services Management practice in Europe: towar a new public management? Comparative evidence Market-type mechanisms Exploring national variation in management practice Collective bargaining in western Europe - Lorenzo Bordogna and David Winchester Introduction: common pressures, diverging solutions? A framework for comparative analysi Unilateral versus joint regulation: the coverage of collective bargaining Centralization versus decentralization: the level of bargaining The coordination of collective bargaining Employer associations and unions in th epublic sector - Berndt Keller, Jesper Due, and Soren Kaj Andersen Introduction Public sector employers and their associations Centralized control versus decentralized flexibility Initiating change and modernization Trade unions Outlook United States public sector employment - Jonathan Brock Overview of public sector employment Organizational structure Qualitative employment and wages Civil service system and employer associations Unions Bargaining and negotiations Reform efforts Canadian public sector employment - Mark Thompson Introduction Organizational structure, employment and wages The actors: employers and employer associations The actors: trade unions Public sector labor relations Labor conflict and regulation of strikes Labor management cooperation Organizational structure, employment and wages Employers and employer associations Trade unions Public sector labor relations Public sector industrial relations in New Zealand - Pat Walsh, Raymond Harbridge, and Aaron Crawford Organizational structure, employment and wages The actors: employers and mploer associations The tradeunion Public sector labor relations Employment relations in the Australian public sector - Russell D. Lansbury and Duncan K. MacDonald Organizational structure, employment and wages The role of employers in th public sector Trade unions Public sector industrial relations