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Article: Union participation in economic policy-making in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Ireland, 1970-1992.
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- West European Politics
- Article date:
- January 1, 1994
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The concept of trade union participation in economic policy-making is an important component of several theories of political economy, in particular corporatist theories.(1) Despite this, the relevant literature does not contain any comparative historical studies of this phenomenon. Although it is examined by some single-country studies, comparative studies tend either to consist of collections of single country casestudies,(2) or to use broad generalisations unsupported by detailed historical evidence,(3) or to focus on components of corporatism other than union participation in economic policy-making, such as incomes policies(4) or the organisational characteristics of ...