The governance of policy reforms in southern Europe and Ireland : social dialogue actors and institutions in times of crisis

The governance of policy reforms in southern Europe and Ireland : social dialogue actors and institutions in times of crisis / edited by Konstantinos Papadakis and Youcef Ghellab, International Labour Office, Geneva.

This edited volume provides an overview of the changes that have occurred in industrial relations systems in Southern Europe and Ireland as a result of the debt crisis and subsequent fiscal consolidation policies. The authors take stock of developments and consider policy implications.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Labour Office
Other Authors: Papdakis, Konstantinos (Editor), Ghellab, Youcef (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Industrial relations > European Union countries.
Labor market > European Union countries.
Manpower policy > European Economic Community countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Industrial relations
Labor market
Manpower policy
European Economic Community countries
European Union countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Title page; copyright page; foreword; contributors; contents; abbreviations; 1. introduction: policy reform in southern and ireland and the role of social dialogue; financial considerations moved to centre stage; snapshot of reform impacts, 2013; overview of chapters; concluding remarks; selected bibliography; 2. impact of the crisis on industrial relations; drivers of the impact; impact on actors; impact on processes; impact on outcomes; conclusions; 3. explaining the institutional structure of the eurozone and its implications for social dialogue; labour market policy; fiscal policy.
  • Coordinated wage-settingconclusion; 4. the rise and decline of the fiscal austerity doctine; from stimulus to austerity: a premature transition; three variants of fad; concluding remarks; 5. greece revisited; introduction; policy rationale and formation; questions of policy effectiveness; the labour market; institutional developments; the role of the social partners; implications for now and the future; 6. from negotiation to imposition: social dialogue in times of austerity in spain; introduction; economic and political context; the structural determinants of the economic crisis.
  • The policy process: social dialogue and negotiated adjustmentimpact of austerity on collective bargaining and social dialogue; concluding remarks: towards revitalized social dialogue?; annex; 7. coping with the crisis in italy: employment relations and social dialogue and recession; introduction; the economic crisis and the labour market; policy measures and social concertation; bipartite social dialogue and collective bargaining; conclusions; 8. the impact of the eurozone adjustment on ireland; the origins of the irish crisis; the collapse of social partnership, 2008-2010.
  • The impact of fiscal adjustment on wage, labour and socialthe impact of the crisis on collective bargaining in the public; assessing the impact of the crisis on industrial relations; the future of social partnership in an ever-increasing emu; 9. portuguese labour law and industrial relations during the crisis; the main features of labour law, industrial relations; employment law and industrial relations measures proposed, ; 10. the greek adjustment programme: fiscal metrics without economic goals?; introduction; the road to the crisis: 1974 to 2009.
  • The 2010 crisis and the bail-out programme until 2013the industrial relations "non-system"; international approaches; effects and assessment; prospects; conclusions.

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