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Italian Trade Unions: Still Shifting between Consolidated Or-ganizations and Social Movements?

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This article discusses the current characteristics of trade unionism in Italy. First, how-ever, attention is paid to the initial imprinting of the model, which stemmed from the circumstances in which the trade unions were reconstituted at the end of WWII, and whose far-reaching consequences are still apparent today. In fact, because of original divisions along ideological lines, and within a context of enduring voluntarism and low institutionalisation, the Italian trade unions, which acquired large followings and strong organizational capacity and influence over time, still tend to oscillate between behaving as either organizations or social movements according to convenience and to pressures applied by the rank and file.

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  • Regalia, Ida, 2012. "Italian Trade Unions: Still Shifting between Consolidated Or-ganizations and Social Movements?," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 23(4), pages 386-407.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:1861-9908_mrev_2012_4_regalia
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    1. Stefano Gasparri, 2017. "Studying work in theory and practice: insights for a globalising academia from the IR trajectory in Italy," Industrial Relations Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48(4), pages 310-325, July.
    2. Arthur Corazza, 2020. "Power, interest and insecurity: A comparative analysis of workplace dualization and inclusion in Europe," LEQS – LSE 'Europe in Question' Discussion Paper Series 153, European Institute, LSE.
    3. Lorenzo Frangi & Mauro Barisione, 2015. "‘Are you a union member?’ Determinants and trends of subjective union membership in Italian society (1972–2013)," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 21(4), pages 451-469, November.
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    Keywords

    trade unions; social movements; political processes; Italy;
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    JEL classification:

    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • J50 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - General
    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects

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