The condition of European economic democracy: a comparative analysis of individual and collective employment rights

Cumbers, A, Bilsland, K, McMaster, R, Cabaço, S and White, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7508-7882, 2022. The condition of European economic democracy: a comparative analysis of individual and collective employment rights. Economic and Industrial Democracy. ISSN 0143-831X

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Abstract

The condition of European economic democracy is generally recognised to be in a fragile state. Recent discussions have centred on pressures to converge towards an Anglo-American model of flexible and deregulated employment relations and systems, consonant with a broader neoliberal economic governance discourse. Existing approaches suggest an uneven experience between countries around a general trend of deterioration. In this article we offer two new contributions to these debates. First, we introduce findings from an Economic Democracy Index (EDI) we have developed. This goes beyond existing indices of employment and industrial democracy to allow us to examine the changing nature of individual employment rights as well as collective bargaining conditions between European countries. Second, we depart from existing studies of European employment relations, which tend to take a comparative national approach, by situating national employment relations and trajectories within a wider set of spatial and social relations. Qualitative analysis of three country cases (Denmark, Portugal and Slovenia) supplements our EDI analysis. Our evidence suggests the importance of multi-scalar relational and institutional dynamics between social actors at the national scale and those at higher scales such as the European Union in understanding variations in country performance on the EDI.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Economic and Industrial Democracy
Creators:	Cumbers, A., Bilsland, K., McMaster, R., Cabaço, S. and White, M.
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date:	26 January 2022
ISSN:	0143-831X
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/0143831x211064919 DOI 1532811 Other
Rights:	Accepted for publication in Economic and Industrial Democracy. Reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Laura Ward
Date Added:	17 Jan 2023 13:48
Last Modified:	17 Jan 2023 13:48
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/47915

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