The Politics of Social Pacts

  • The paper develops an analytical framework for the politics of negotiated voluntary wage restraint in the context of social pacts. It argues that, in contrast to earlier political exchanges, tripartite negotiations on wage restraint under restrictive economic policies are not based on a political exchange whereby governments had to compensate trade unions for wage restraint. Rather, governments can threaten trade unions with tight monetary policy and trade unions can either engage in negotiated adjustment or suffer restrictions. Social pacts are therefore an instrument of adjustment by governments to a new economic environment, and not a tool of economic policy.

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Document Type:Article
Language:English
Author(s):Anke Hassel
Parent Title (English):British Journal of Industrial Relations Industrial Relations
Publication year:2003
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:707
Last Page:726
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1467-8543.2003.00295.x
Release Date:2020/02/14
Volume:41
Issue:4
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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