Book Review: Trade unions in western Europe: hard times, hard choices

"Trade Unions in Western Europe: Hard Times, Hard Choices." Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick and Richard Hyman. Oxford University Press. October 2013. --- In this book the authors attempt to provide an account of how trade unionism has evolved in ten west European countries, the main recent challenges that unions have faced, and their responses. This work will certainly make a fundamental contribution to the debate about the future role and functions of unions as the authors provide key insights in their attempt to identify how unions can learn to attract new members and enhance their strategic capacities, writes Pietro Manzella.