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Contents Acknowledgments ix Abbreviations xi 1. Introduction 1 Part I. Analytical Framework 2. Approaching Euro-Democracy and Its Alternatives 11 3. Do Unions Have an Interest in Euro-Democratization? 29 Part II. European Labor Wage-Bargaining Strategies 4. Wage Policy and the European Monetary Union 49 5. The Rise of National Competitive Corporatism 57 6. European Wage-Bargaining Coordination Networks: Insights from the Manufacturing and the Construction Industry 80 7. Beyond Competitive Corporatism?: Insights from Germany, France, and Italy 96 Part III. Responses by Labor to Transnational Company Mergers 8. The European Regulation of Transnational Company Mergers 119 9. A Euro-Democratization Union Strategy: The ABB Alstom Power Case 128 10. A Euro-Technocratization Union Strategy: The Alcan-Pechiney-Algroup Case 157 11. Conclusion 186 Notes 203 References 219 Index 251 [vii] This page intentionally left blank. ...

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