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Reconsidering union membership in Spain, 1977‐1994: halting decline in a context of democratic consolidation
Author(s) -
Jordana Jacint
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00770.x
Subject(s) - consolidation (business) , democratic consolidation , democracy , pessimism , unemployment , political science , structuring , context (archaeology) , european union , political economy , economics , development economics , economic policy , democratization , politics , economic growth , geography , law , philosophy , accounting , archaeology , epistemology
Examining newly available figures, this article argues that in spite of Spanish high unemployment and economic re‐structuring, union membership in Spain increased significantly from 1986 to 1993. The effect of democratic consolidation, as well as complex union dynamics in the labour market, generate this recovery that challenges, to some extent, the pessimistic union decline thesis.