Social Concertation in Times of Austerity

Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concert...

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Egile nagusia: Afonso, Alexandre
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description Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in this new context with a focus on the regulation of labour mobility and unemployment protection in Austria and Switzerland. It shows that the involvement of organised interests in policymaking is a strategy of compromise-building used by governments when they are faced with party-political divisions, or when unpopular reforms are likely to have risky electoral consequences.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-313302025-07-30T10:22:11Z Social Concertation in Times of Austerity Afonso, Alexandre sociology sociologie Austria Corporatism European integration Labour economics Swiss People's Party Switzerland Trade union Unemployment thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues Why do governments still negotiate with trade unions and employers in the design of labour market and welfare reforms despite the steady decline of trade union membership almost everywhere in Europe? Social Concertation in Times of Austerity investigates the political underpinnings of social concertation in this new context with a focus on the regulation of labour mobility and unemployment protection in Austria and Switzerland. It shows that the involvement of organised interests in policymaking is a strategy of compromise-building used by governments when they are faced with party-political divisions, or when unpopular reforms are likely to have risky electoral consequences. Waarom moeten overheden nog steeds onderhandelen met vakbonden en werkgevers, terwijl het ledenaantal van vakbonden bijna overal in Europa daalt? De auteur onderzoekt de politieke fundamenten van het sociaal overleg in deze nieuwe context. De focus ligt op de regulering van arbeidsmobiliteit en werkloosheidsuitkeringen in Oostenrijk en Zwitserland. Het werk laat zien dat overheden belangenorganisaties strategisch betrekken in de beleidsvorming, bijvoorbeeld wanneer een overheid geconfronteerd wordt met partijpolitieke verdeeldheid, of wan- neer impopulaire hervormingen negatieve electorale gevolgen kunnen hebben. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2013-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-10 14:46:32 2020-04-01T15:00:19Z 2013 book 442727 OCN: 1030815387 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33913 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31330 eng Changing Welfare States open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33913/1/442727.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33913/1/442727.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33913/1/442727.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/33913/1/442727.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_442727 10.26530/OAPEN_442727 de2ecbe7-1037-4e96-8c3a-5a842d921e04 260 open access
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Austria
Corporatism
European integration
Labour economics
Swiss People's Party
Switzerland
Trade union
Unemployment
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Afonso, Alexandre
Social Concertation in Times of Austerity
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title_short Social Concertation in Times of Austerity
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topic sociology
sociologie
Austria
Corporatism
European integration
Labour economics
Swiss People's Party
Switzerland
Trade union
Unemployment
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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sociologie
Austria
Corporatism
European integration
Labour economics
Swiss People's Party
Switzerland
Trade union
Unemployment
thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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