Employer and Employee Chambers in German Speaking Countries: A Comparative Study of Representation and Function with Some Consideration of Recent Trends and Developments Book

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	List of abbreviations
	Preface
1	Introduction	1
	The German speaking chambers in their European context	1
	Note of explanation	4
	Objectives of study	5
2	Germany	9
	Chambers of industry and commerce: the modern context	9
	Chambers of industry and commerce: the search for meaning and a new start	10
	The German craft chambers	20
	Current problems and perspectives of the chambers of industry and commerce and the craft chambers	28
	The German chambers of labour	32
	The Bremen Chamber for Manual Employees	36
	The Bremen Chamber for Non-Manual Employees	43
	The Saar Chamber of Labour	52
3	Austria	56
	Chambers of the economy in Austria	56
	The Austrian chambers of agriculture and the chambers of agriculture and forestry workers: context	75
	The chambers of agriculture	76
	The chambers of agricultural and forestry workers	84
	The Austrian chambers of labour	88
	The other Austrian chamber institutions	99
	Current problems and perspectives of the Austrian chambers	101
4	The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	108
	Chambers in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: background	108
	The chambers of commerce, crafts and agriculture in Luxembourg	109
	The Luxembourg employee chambers	114
5	The Swiss Federation and the Principality of Liechtenstein	117
	Chambers in Switzerland and the Principality in Liechtenstein	117
	The Swiss chambers	118
	The Liechtenstein chambers	123
6	Summary and conclusions	131
	Methodology	147
	Appendices	150
	Bibliography	184
	Index	188