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Spanish Unions: Institutional Legacy and Responsiveness to Economic and Industrial Change

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Using empirical data drawn from multiple sources, including interview material, the author examines Spanish trade unions' responses to the reorganization of Spain's economy and changes in the structure of industrial production in the 1980s and 1990s. She argues that Spanish unions, though not in a strong position compared to unions in other Western European countries, avoided a crisis situation by designing flexible strategies and redefining some aspects of Spain's industrial relations institutions. This quick adjustment was possible, the author argues, because the organizations, institutions, and strategies requiring change were not deeply ingrained, given the short history of democratic politics in Spain.

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  • Kerstin Hamann, 1998. "Spanish Unions: Institutional Legacy and Responsiveness to Economic and Industrial Change," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 51(3), pages 424-444, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ilrrev:v:51:y:1998:i:3:p:424-444
    DOI: 10.1177/001979399805100304
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    1. Charles F. Sabel, 1987. "A Fighting Chance: Structural Change and New Labor Strategies," International Journal of Political Economy, M.E. Sharpe, Inc., vol. 17(3), pages 26-56, October.
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    1. Gerber, Christine, 2014. "Trade union responses towards labour market dualization comparing the impact of the varieties of industrial relations in Germany, Slovenia and Poland," PIPE - Papers on International Political Economy 23/2014, Free University Berlin, Center for International Political Economy.
    2. Marco Hauptmeier, 2012. "Institutions Are What Actors Make of Them — The Changing Construction of Firm-Level Employment Relations in Spain," British Journal of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics, vol. 50(4), pages 737-759, December.

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