A term specifically found in European politics, social concertation refers to cooperation between trade unions, governments and employers in public policy-making. Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in the con…
Focuses on three inter-related questions: (i) what explains national variation in reliance on social pacts; (ii) what determines the outcomes of individual pact negotiations; and (iii) under what conditions are pacts repeated and become regular features of socio-economic governa…
Employment relations : older reflections and new horizons / Adrian Wilkinson, Tony Dundon, Jimmy Donaghey and Alex Colvin -- Perspectives on employment relations -- The field of employment relations : a review / Niall Cullinane -- Economics and employment relations / Paul Willma…
This text offers an interpretation of recent German economic performance. The German capitalist model relies upon a cooperative relationship between organized labour and the employers. This relationship has started to break down. This book asks why.