Chapter 1 Introduction, IanFitzgerald; Part 1 Understanding European Works Councils; Chapter 2 , PaulKnutsen; Chapter 3 European Works Councils, Miguel MartinezLucio, SydWeston; Chapter 4 ‘Thriving on diversity’ revisited, SjefStoop; Part 2 Assessing the Directive in action; Chapter 5 The practical and legal problems of European Works Councils, WillyBuschak; Chapter 6 Implementing the Directive, RichardHume—Rothery; Chapter 7 Negotiating European Works Councils, MarkGilman, PaulMarginson; Chapter 8 Putting the European Works Council Directive into practice, Antonia S.McAlindin; Part 3 European Works Councils; Chapter 9 Managing European Works Councils from outside Europe, SatoshiNakano; Chapter 10 Bringing it all back home, RachelAnnand; Chapter 11 Organising across borders, BarbaraTully; Part 4 The future of European Works Councils; Chapter 12 Connecting andcommunicating, JohnStirling; Chapter 13 The limits and possibilities of European Works Councils in the context of globalisation, DougMiller; Chapter 14 Organising in the global economy, JaneWills;