Social pacts revisited: 'Competitive concertation’ and complex causality in negotiated welfare state reforms created by Nico A. Siegel

By:

Siegel, Nico A [author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: European journal of industrial relations ; Volume 11, number 1London: Sage, 2005Content type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

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volume

ISSN:

09596801

Subject(s):

Competitive concertation -- Complex causality -- Welfare state reforms

LOC classification:

HD8371 EUR

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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 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.

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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.

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