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Pay Determination in the Republic of Ireland: Towards Social Corporatism?
Author(s) -
Teague Paul
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
british journal of industrial relations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.665
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-8543
pISSN - 0007-1080
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8543.1995.tb00434.x
Subject(s) - corporatism , argument (complex analysis) , wage , industrial relations , political economy , economic system , social partners , political science , social dialogue , economics , sociology , positive economics , market economy , law and economics , law , politics , biochemistry , chemistry
In Ireland there is a widespread belief that the country is moving towards a ‘European model’ of industrial relations. One claim is that the industrial relations system can be now described as social corporatist. Advocates of this view invariably point to the substance and the durability of the latest round of centralized wage agreements in support of this claim. This paper assesses the validity of the argument. Because discussions about social corporatism are so diffuse, the first part of the paper develops a framework that sheds light on what the concept means in economic and institutional terms. In the second part of the paper this framework is used to assess the functioning of the recent national pay deals. The conclusion is that these agreements should not be regarded as social corporatist.