The book investigates industrial relations in Greece comparatively in the last decades, covering current and historical issues. The sociological with other institutional, political and social aspects are combined. Special reference is made to the transition to the Memorandum with the E.U. and I.M.F. and its effects on Greek industrial relations.

Dimosthenis Daskalakis is Professor of Sociology at the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has been Member of the Senate, Dean and Head of the Faculty of Pedagogy, Director of the Social Sciences Research Laboratory and Director of the Humanistic Studies Section.

Contents: Greece – Industrial relations – Methodology – Labour market policy – Trade unionism – The modern changing environment – Power – Conflict – Consensus – Postfordism – State – Neocorporatism – Collective bargaining – Mediation – Arbitration – Flexibility – Flexicurity – Statism – Memorandum – Deregulation.