TY - GEN AU - Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead TI - Towards Convergence in Europe: Institutions, Labour and Industrial Relations SN - 9781788978071 PY - 2019/// PB - Edward Elgar Publishing KW - EU KW - social rights KW - inequalities KW - Industrial relations KW - Economic convergence KW - social convergence N1 - Open Access N2 - This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations – focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions – in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path UR - https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781788978064/9781788978064.xml UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/61051 ER -