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Overturning Italy’s Article 18: Exogenous and endogenous pressures, and role of the state

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  • Tod Rutherford

    (Department of Geography, The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, USA)

  • Lorenzo Frangi

    (Département d’organisation et ressources humaines, ESG Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada)

Abstract

Since 1970 Article 18 provided important employment protection for workers in larger firms in Italy. Its core aspect (i.e. reinstatement in the case of unfair dismissal) was recently overturned by the Jobs Act for employees hired after its approval. To explain Article 18’s abolition, the authors assess the explicative power of (1) stronger exogenous pressures from economic international institutions, and (2) weaker endogenous pressures from unions and business organizations. Documentary analyses and semi-structured interviews with key informants reveal that while these two forces are critical, they tend to ‘read off’ the state policy decision making role, which, the authors argue, is central to explaining the overturning of Article 18.

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  • Tod Rutherford & Lorenzo Frangi, 2018. "Overturning Italy’s Article 18: Exogenous and endogenous pressures, and role of the state," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 39(3), pages 439-457, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:39:y:2018:i:3:p:439-457
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16635830
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