The contributors investigate how the large scale structures of capitalism and the local social relations of workplaces and organizations shape each other. They argue for a new integration of political economy and the sociology of work and organizations.

Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Mannheim, Germany.Dirk Hofäcker, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Camille Loftus, University College Dublin, Ireland.Frances McGinnity, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Luis Ortiz, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.Clara Riba, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain.Helen Russell, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland.

1. Changing Workplaces, Changing Capitalisms; Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling, Rossella Ciccia And Eoin Flaherty2. A Varieties Approach To The Varieties Of Capitalism; Lars Mjøset3. The Variety Of Polanyian Double Movements In Europe's Capitalisms; Eoin Flaherty And Seán Ó Riain4. Classifying Labour Regimes Beyond The Welfare State: A Two Dimensional Approach; Rossella Ciccia5. Reforming Welfare States And Changing Capitalism: Reversing Early Retirement Regimes In Europe; Bernhard Ebbinghaus And Dirk Hofäcker6. A Precarious Future: An Irish Example Of Flex-Insecurity; Mary Murphy And Camille Loftus7. Institutionalisation Of Trade Union Activity: Four Indexes And Their Ability To Explain Cross-National Differences In Strike Rate; Luis Ortiz And Clara Riba8. Welfare Beyond The State: Employers As Welfare Providers In Germany And The UK; Felix Behling9. Multinationals Of Industrial Co-Development: Co-Creating New Institutions Of Economic Development; Peer Hull Kristensen And Maja Lotz10. Beyond the Flexibility/Security Divide: Skills, Work Organization and External Employment in the German Knowledge-Based Economy; Karen A. Shire And Markus Tünte11. Work-Life Balance, Working Conditions And The Great Recession; Frances Mcginnity And Helen Russell12. Integrating Work And Political Economy; Seán Ó Riain, Felix Behling, Rossella Cicia And Eoin Flaherty