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The governability of collective bargaining. The case of Spain

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  • Rosa Nonell

    (Universidad de Barcelona)

  • Ramón Alós-Moner

    (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)

  • Antonio Martin Artiles

    (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)

  • Joaquin Molins

    (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to analyse the concept of governability of collective bargaining proposed by Traxler, Blaschke and Kittel (2001) and to demonstrate its explanatory capacity and limitations in the Spanish case. Governability is an important subject that should be taken into account in the reform of industrial relations systems and in the debate with regard to centralisation and decentralisation of collective bargaining in Europe. The authors' main hypothesis is drawn up in line with the institutionalist approach. Their argument, based on the results of collective bargaining, is that the Spanish system of collective bargaining, in spite of the organisational weakness of the unions and of the employers' associations, is governable thanks to the role of the state, the institutions, the legal ordering, as well as tradition and custom.

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  • Rosa Nonell & Ramón Alós-Moner & Antonio Martin Artiles & Joaquin Molins, 2006. "The governability of collective bargaining. The case of Spain," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 12(3), pages 349-367, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:12:y:2006:i:3:p:349-367
    DOI: 10.1177/102425890601200306
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    1. Franz Traxler, 1996. "European trade union policy and collective bargaining- mechanisms and levels of labour market regulation in comparison," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 2(2), pages 287-297, June.
    2. Jürgen R. Grote & Philippe C. Schmitter, 1999. "The Renaissance of National Corporatism: unintended side-effect of European Economic and Monetary Union or calculated response to the absence of European Social Policy?," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 5(1-2), pages 34-63, March.
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    1. Marcial Sánchez-Mosquera, 2022. "Somewhat more than path dependence: The Spanish employers’ peak organisation and social dialogue in light of the crisis of the industrial relations system," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 43(4), pages 1655-1675, November.
    2. Maria da Paz Campos Lima & Antonio Martín Artiles, 2011. "Crisis and trade union challenges in Portugal and Spain: between general strikes and social pacts," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 17(3), pages 387-402, August.

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