Contents: Catherine Casey/Mirella Baglioni/Francesco Garibaldo/Volker Telljohann: Introduction - Francesco Garibaldo: The social roots of the democratic crisis of the EU and the role of Trade Unions - Roland Erne: Euro-Democratisation and its Alternatives. An Analytical Framework for OrganisedLabour - Mirella Baglioni: Path dependency and Research on Labour relations - Richard Hyman: The Labour Policies of the European Union: Questions of Governance - Rainer Greca: Welfare and Democracy - Kevin O'Kelly: The Participatory Polices of the European Union: a critical assessment of the directives on information and consultation - Isabel Da Costa/Udo Rehfeldt: Transnational Unionism: Actors, Structures and Strategies - Matteo Lucchese/Mario Pianta: Industrial and Innovation Policies in the European Union - Peter Brödner: Working Conditions in the Enlarged European Union: For Better, For Worse? - Volker Telljohann: Revitalising Participatory Practices in Workplaces - Valeria Pulignano: Identity, Solidarity and Non-Market Values: Prospects for Social Democracy in Europe? - Catherine Casey: Workers, Citizens and Lifelong Learning: The Search for Socio-Cultural Innovation.