Coulter, Steve (2020) All in it together? The unlikely rebirth of Covid Corporatism. Political Quarterly, 91 (3). 534 - 541. ISSN 0032-3179
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Abstract
The battle to soften the labour market impact of the pandemic has thrown up some unlikely bedfellows, with trade union leaders competing with business chiefs over who can most fulsomely praise the government’s economic response. But does this entente really presage a new era of ‘Covid‐corporatism’? Crises like Covid‐19 can provide opportunities for temporary social pacts, even in countries lacking the labour market institutions needed to sustain these in normal times, and the ‘social partners’ have shown an unusual willingness to be bold and constructive. But cracks are already appearing over how and when the state should begin its withdrawal from the economy. Unions face structural weaknesses and recruitment problems that will hamper their ability to take full advantage of what will likely prove to be only a temporary lull in hostilities.
Item Type: | Article |
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Official URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1467923x |
Additional Information: | © 2020 The Author |
Divisions: | European Institute |
Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2020 14:27 |
Last Modified: | 13 Sep 2024 23:30 |
URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106496 |
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