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Social Pacts Revisited: ‘Competitive Concertation’ and Complex Causality in Negotiated Welfare State Reforms
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Abstract This article discusses three major issues related to tripartite social pacts: first, the puzzles they present for classic theories of corporatism; second, the contrasts between the political economies of ‘competitive concertation’ and Keynesia... view more
This article discusses three major issues related to tripartite social pacts: first, the puzzles they present for classic theories of corporatism; second, the contrasts between the political economies of ‘competitive concertation’ and Keynesian coordination; and third, the problems of assessing their effects in the context of complex causality. The main focus is on one specific policy area: negotiated welfare state reforms. The conclusion is that though such negotiations have dominated the process of welfare state recalibration in Europe during the 1990s, tripartite social pacts are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for success.... view less
Document language
English
Publication Year
2005
Page/Pages
p. 107-126
Journal
European Journal of Industrial Relations, 11 (2005) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680105052235
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)