Highlighting differences with U.S. politics, Slomp examines the European system from various perspectives, including geography, religion, economics, and social composition.

The two-volume Europe, A Political Profile: An American Companion to European Politics is the first encyclopedic survey of politics in Europe especially written for a wide American public, including high school students.

This text provides an overview and concise introduction to labor relations in Europe.

Hans Slomp offers this book as an effort to complement this national perspective with a European view. He provides a general introduction to European labor relations, offering comparative material from a range of countries.

Briefly traces the history of trade unionism in Europe from 1848 to 1974. Identifies regional characteristics in collective bargaining models and working conditions between the 1960s and the 1990s.