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The impact of a unionised labour market in a Schumpeterian growth model
Lingens, Jörg - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001557884
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Electoral democracy at work
Askenazy, Philippe; Breda, Thomas - 2020
We show that an institutional change designed expressly to heighten competition for the provision of union services can have a substantial effect on unionization and employment relations. We study a French reform of 2008 that introduced mandatory elections for representation of workers at firm,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213011
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Contingent democrats in action : organized labor and regime change in the Republic of Niger
Elischer, Sebastian - 2013
The effects of organized labor on regime change in developing countries are not clear‐cut. Optimists argue that union agitation is conducive to both democratic transition and consolidation processes. Pessimists hold that unions will support any regime that is conducive to their demands....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009774272
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Defender, not promoter : the limits to the African Union's pursuit of democratic consolidation
Friel, Eleanor - 2014
Independently of the fact that the replacement of overtly authoritarian regimes in many African countries appeared to presage fundamental political change, a closer examination of democratic trends since the establishment of the African Union (AU) paints a less promising picture. In this paper,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010496295
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An Odd Partnership : Understanding the Relationship between Authoritarian Unions and Democratic Unions in Korea and Taiwan
Lee, Yoonkyung - 2010
Labor unions in pre-democratized Korea and Taiwan were directly organized and financially sponsored by authoritarian regimes. South Korea's Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU) and Taiwan's Chinese Federation of Labor (CFL) enjoyed a privileged status until the late 1980s when their monopoly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013140688
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Union Raids, Union Democracy, and the Market for Union Control
Schwab, Stewart J. - 2015
union democracy. Specifically, he questions whether a viable market for union control does or could exist that might induce …
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Lessons from the NBA Lockout : Union Democracy, Public Support, and the Folly of the National Basketball Players Association
Parlow, Matthew J. - 2014
highlights the critical importance of intra-union communications, public relations campaigns, and union democracy. Through this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053945
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National Unionism and Union Democracy in Crisis
Erne, Roland - 2016
Gumbrell-McGormick and Hyman's "Trade Unions in Western Europe" is not a textbook about national industrial relations systems, but a research monograph about the ‘hard choices' European unions face. The authors identify the challenges that unions face in these times of crisis and then review...
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Democracy in the Private Sector : The Rights of Shareholders and Union Members
Goldberg, Michael J. - 2015
In the years since Enron, there has been a lively debate over the value of shareholder democracy as a means to improve … democracy in unions and in corporations and found the similarities striking, at least with respect to the instrumental arguments …. There are also strong normative arguments supporting democracy in unions, but the arguments in favor of shareholder …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032315
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Why do some labour alliances succeed in politicizing Europe across borders? : a comparison of the Right2Water and Fair Transport European citizens' initiatives
Szabó, Imre; Golden, Darragh; Erne, Roland - In: Journal of common market studies : JCMS 60 (2022) 3, pp. 634-652
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