"Even readers fully initiated in the British literature stand to learn a great deal more about industrial relations in Britain, and especially about the role of employers and the state, by looking through Fulcher's sharp comparative lens."--Industrial and Labor Relations Review

"His fascinating use of a new historiographical type of analysis reveals a great deal of new comparative history about each country."--CHOICE

"Well written. I would recommend it to scholars interested in the recent economic and political histories of Britain and Sweden."--American Historical Review

"Fulcher has written an important book which has something fresh and useful, if rather complex, to say to the conflicting and cooperating individuals who operate the industrial relations of modern societies and stand in need of its insights."--Journal of Interdisciplinary History