Published each year, this review identifies key events in European industrial relations, political economy and social policy during the preceeding year and invites leading academic commentators from across the EU to assess their significance. Identifies the significant trends and developments in the relationship between employers, trade unions and employees, employment and employment law. Investigates the key events in European industrial relations, political economy and social policy during the preceeding year. Edited by a team of leading European experts who write in a lucid and accessible style. Contents 1. Editorial: What About the Citizens? The European Union in 2001 and Beyond: Brain Towers and Michael Terry. 2. The Politics of Europe: Adversity and Persistence: Erik Jones. 3. Unemployment, the New Economy and EU Economic Performance: Steve Bradley. 4. A Transition Year for Employment in Europe: EU Governance and National Diversity Under Scrutiny: Janine Goetschy. 5. The European Company Statute: Employee Involvement - and Beyond: Berndt Keller. 6. Multinationals in Europe 2001-2: Home Country, Host Country and Sector Effects in the Context of Crisis: Ian Clar, Paddy Gunnigle, Mike Morley, Rene Peters and Marta Portillo. 7. Trade Unions' Changing Role: Membership Erosion, Organisational Reform and Social Partnership in Europe: Bernhard Ebbinghaus. 8. Reinventing the European Corporation? Corporate Governance, Social Policy and the Single Market: Catherine Barnard & Simon Deakin. 9. Employment Relation in Central and Eastern Europe in 2001: An Emerging Capitalist Periphery: Roderick Martin and Anamaria Cristescu- Martin. 10. Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality in the EU: The Impact of the EU Employment Strategy: Jill Rubery. 11. European Industrial Relations in 2001: A Chronicle of Events: Mark Gilman and Andrea Broughton.