Social pacts policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes employer organizations began to emerge in many countries in the 1980s. The most common explanations for social pacts tend to focus on economic factors, influenced by industrial relations institutions such as highly coordinated collective bargaining. This book presents, and tests, an alternative and complementary explanation highlighting the electoral calculations made by political parties in choosing pacts.
Using a dataset covering 16 European countries for the years 1980-2006, as well as eight...
Social pacts policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes employer organizations began to emerge in many countries in the 1980...
