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Section a political, historical and research context: aims and approach of the research -- Introduction -- Research strategy and conceptual framework -- Globalization and eu integration: the institutional and economic context and new trade union challenges -- Lineages of transnational trade union organization and policy -- Section b profiles and structural developments of transnational trade union federations -- International metalworkers federation (IMF) -- International federation of chemical, energy, mine and general workers' unions (ICEM) -- International transport workers' federation (ITF) -- Building and wood workers? international (BWI) -- UNI global union descriptive profiles -- Public services international (PSI) -- International textile, garment and leather workers federation (ITGLWF) -- International union of food, agricultural, hotel, restaurant, catering, tobacco and allied workers' associations (IUF) : organizational overviews -- Education international (EI), international federation of journalists (IFJ), international arts and entertainment alliance (IAEA) -- European metalworkers' federation (EMF) -- European mine, chemical, and energy workers' federation (EMCEF) -- European transport workers' federation (ETF) -- European federation of building and woodworkers (EFBW) -- Union network international : Europa (UNI-Europa) descriptive profiles -- European public services union (EPSU) -- European trade union federation of textiles, clothing and leather -- European federation of food, agriculture and tourism trade unions (EFFAT) -- Organizational overviews -- European trade union committee for education (ETUCE), European federation of journalists (EFJ), European arts and entertainment alliance (EAEA), European confederation of police (EUROCOP) -- The global and european trade union federations : comparative perspectives -- On organization and strategy -- New fields and instruments of trade union activity at global level -- Organizational development and functional profiles of the global union federations : contours and trends -- New areas and instruments of trade union policy in the European Union -- Organizational development and functional profiles of the European industry federations : contours and trends.

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