A | A Parallel Transformation |
B | The Cases: The Netherlands and Germany |
The Netherlands: From Reform by Design to Change by Necessity | |
Germany: Industrial Unionism in Distress | |
C | The Cases Compared |
Pluralism Versus Monopoly | |
In Search of Organizational Viability | |
D | An Economic Theory of Union Reorganization |
Declining Economies of Scale | |
An Endemic Cost Squeeze | |
Rising Expectations | |
Mergers as a Solution | |
The Business Economics of Union Mergers | |
Matching Unions | |
A Minimum Size | |
E | Consequences |
Conglomerate Unions | |
A New Pattern of Interunion Competition | |
Changing Relations Between Affiliates and Peak Associations |
References |