Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: New Frontiers of Democratic Participation at Work -- PART I: EU AND NATIONAL DIMENSIONS -- 2 EU Social Policy and Developments in Worker Involvement -- 3 European Works Councils: Who Benefits? -- 4 The Role of Economic and Social Councils in Social Dialogue -- PART II: SECTORAL AND COMPANY CASE STUDIES -- 5 Making Sense of Democratic Participation in the Dutch Information and Communications Industry -- 6 French and Italian Hospitals: the Long Road towards Autonomy -- 7 New Management Systems and Worthwhile Work: the Swedish Experience -- 8 New Concepts in Work Organization: a Case from the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Industry -- PART III: THEMATIC ASPECTS -- 9 Social Transformation, Self-organization at Work and Participation in Germany -- 10 Worker Participation in the Reduction of Working Hours in France -- 11 Worker Participation in Negotiating Working Time in Italy -- 12 Worker Participation in Central and Eastern Europe: Union Strategies -- 13 Trade Union Education and Democratic Participation: the Case of Malta -- Index