Political Exchange and Bargaining Reform in Italy and Spain

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

Wage bargaining structures in Italy and Spain changed significantly in the 1990s. This is usually seen as an employer-led response to exogenous pressures such as the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). This article shows that while EMU acted as a catalyst for negotiated adjustments, changes in wage bargaining are better explained through factors endogenous to national systems, in particular union strategies and interactions in the policy-making arena. By means of policy concertation and political exchange, unions have shaped institutional change in collective bargaining so as to avoid a disorganized decentralization of labour relations.

Object Details

• Extent: Seite(n): 7-26
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: European Journal of Industrial Relations, 11(1)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Romo, Óscar Molina
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (when): 2005

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680105050397
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-222475
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST