Work and employment relations in Southern Europe : the impact of de-regulation, organizational change and social fragmentation on worker representation and action / edited by Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez (Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) and Miguel Martínez Lucio (Professor of International HRM and Comparative IR, Work and Equalities Institute, University of Manchester, UK).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fernández Rodríguez, Carlos J., editor.

Martínez Lucio, Miguel, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Southern European societies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employees--Europe, Southern.

Employees.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages).

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

"Positioning industrial relations in a discussion that is sensitive to broader political, historical, and ideological tensions, this insightful book offers reflections on the politics of de-regulation that have developed in southern European work and employment relations over the past 20 years. Interwoven with case studies from Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the book reviews critical debates and issues related to de-regulation in employment relations and neoliberalism in southern Europe. Taking stock of major changes and crises affecting these national contexts over time, from austerity politics to the COVID-19 pandemic, chapters investigate how new voices, actors, and social movements are beginning to emerge and engage with the politics of work. The book ultimately posits that debates on production and work need to pay closer attention to changes in patterns of consumption and the changing nature of worker voice, and highlights how these changes are being used to undermine collective and social rights. Surveying political shifts in collective worker voice and representation over time, the book will benefit students and scholars of industrial relations, labour studies, the sociology of work, and employment politics. Its evaluation of the impact of de-regulation strategies imposed across southern Europe will prove invaluable to practitioners and policymakers involved in public employment and industrial relations"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: Preface

1. Introduction: Politics, regulation and work under the long shadow of neoliberalism in southern Europe / Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez and Miguel Martínez Lucio

2. The obsession with deregulation, austerity and technological change: The political dimensions of regulatory change and their outcomes in Spain / Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez, Rafael Ibáñez Rojo and Miguel Martínez Lucio

3. Austerity, work and politics: Assessing deregulation and political change in portuguese industrial relations / Miguel Martínez Lucio

4. Regulation and representation in Italian industrial relations: Between continuities and contradictions / Sabrina Colombo and Stefania Marino

5. Crisis, deregulation and the rise of the gig economy: Greek industrial relations and social partnership under stress? / Maria Mexi and Chara Kokkinou

6. The political uncoupling of industrial relations and labour market change in southern Europe / Martí López-Andreu

7. New practices in industrial relations: Radical unionism in the European periphery / Jon Las Heras and Beltrán Roca

8. The emergent challenges of contemporary capitalist models and practices: The dynamics of the platform and gig economy and its social consequences for industrial relations in southern Europe / Luis Enrique Alonso and Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781789909548 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.