E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Friday, June 24, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


E-01
Recent Developments in Social Dialogue - National and Multi-Level Environment
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Lorenzo Frangi, UQAM

Participants:
Resurgence of Social Pact Regime? - a Critical Review on the Recent 'grand Compromise' in South Korea
Myung Joon Park, Korea Labor Institute
Effective Stakeholder Engagement in European Sectoral Dialogue. What Are the Drivers behind Specific Engagement Outcomes?
Barbara Bechter, Durham University
Employment relations and social dialogue in small firms – Reading the Italian evidence comparatively
Ida Regalia, University of Milan; Lisa Dorigatti, University of Milan; Marco Guerci, University of Milan

E-02
Industrial Relations, Performance, and Varieties of Capitalism
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Stefano Gasparri, University of Warwick

Participants:
The Efficacy of Hybrid Collective Bargaining Systems: An Analysis of the Impact of Collective Bargaining on Company Performance in Europe
Bernd Brandl, University of Durham
Industrial Relations Systems and Macro-Economic Performance
Roberto Pedersini, Università degli Studi di Milano

E-03
Industrial Relations across Borders
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Alexander Spielau, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Participants:
The Views of Managers Towards EWCS
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven; Jeff Turk, CESO - KU Leuven; Jeremy Waddington, University of Manchester; Thomas Swerts, Antwerpen University
From Zones of Exception to Transformative Issue: How Posting of Workers Affect Industrial Relations in Danish Construction
Jens Arnholtz, FAOS, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
No Place to Hide: The ‘Urgent Appeal' as an Enforcing Mechanism in the International Garment Sector.
Jean Jenkins, Cardiff University UK

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


E-04
Recent Trends in Employment Practices: Non-Standard and Female Employment
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Sinisa Hadziabdic, University of Geneva

Participants:
Left Outside Alone? Works Councils' Responses Towards Non-Standard Work in the German Metal and Chemical Sectors
Nadja Doerflinger, KU Leuven; Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven
Female Labour Force Participation, Industrial Upgrading and Service Transition: A Dynamic Theoretical Model
Sonja Avlijas, London School of Economics

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


E-05
Drivers and Consequences of Trade Union Strategies
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Roberto Pedersini, Università degli Studi di Milano

Participants:
Trade Unions and Online Activism: The Case of "Fight for $15"
Lorenzo Frangi, UQAM; Robert Paul Hebdon, McGill; Tingting Zhang, University of Toronto
Rationalizing the Irrational: Inconsistencies Among Union Members and Non-Members
Lorenzo Frangi, UQAM; Sinisa Hadziabdic, University of Geneva
Between Class and Society. The Role of Ideas in Union Strategies in the Italian Retail Sector
Stefano Gasparri, University of Warwick

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


E-06
Employment Relations and Income Inequality
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Bernd Brandl, University of Durham

Participants:
Market Forces and Workers' Power Resources: A Comparative Study of Real Wage Growth in Advanced Capitalism
Christopher Kollmeyer, University of Aberdeen
Rising Tides Don't Lifts All Boats: The Stagnation of American Incomes and the Rise of Inequality
Christopher Kollmeyer, University of Aberdeen
Income Inequality, Crisis, and the State: Recovering the Lost Political Economy Model in Early Industrial Relations
Bruce E. Kaufman, Georgia State University

E-07
Recent Trends in Industrial Relations and Employment Policy in the UK
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Chiara Benassi, Royal Holloway, University of London

Participants:
Necessary and Sufficient Factors in Employee Downsizing? a Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Lay-Offs in France and the UK, 2008-2013
Michel Goyer, University of Birmingham; Ian Clark, university of Leicester; Shabneez Bhankaraully, University of Birmingham
The State and the Evolution of British Employers' Organisations
Leon Gooberman, Cardiff University; Marco Hauptmeier, Cardiff University; Edmund Heery, Cardiff University
Collective Bargaining, Pay Rises and Organizational Outcomes in Unionised Workplaces during and after the Recession
Danat Valizade, University of Leeds; Robert MacKenzie, University of Leeds; Chris Forde, University of Leeds; Hugh Cook, University of Leeds
A New Regulatory Turn for the United Kingdom? Evaluating New Government Proposals to Tackle Labour Market Exploitation
Trevor Colling, King's College London

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


E-08
Changing Patterns of Employment Relations and Employee Representation
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Anna Ilsøe, FAOS, Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University

Participants:
System, Society and Dominance Effects and the Demise of Management-Labour Pluralism Under Neo-Liberalism
Tony Dobbins, Bangor University; Tony Dundon, University of Manchester
A New Rationale for Collective Employee Representation
Mark Harcourt, University of Waikato; Helen Lam, Athabasca University; Richard Croucher, Middlesex University
Employee Representation Regimes in Europe: Do They Exist in Practice and Have They Changed in the Crisis? a Comparative Analysis of the European Company Survey 2009 and 2013
Guy Van Gyes, KULeuven
Beyond National Systems: Towards a Multi-Scalar Theoretical Framework of Internationally Comparative Employment Relations
Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney; Greg Bamber, Monash University; Nick Wailes, UNSW Australia; Russell Lansbury, University of Sydney

10:45 AM-12:15 PM


E-09
Labor, Migration and Equal Opportunities
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Sonja Avlijas, London School of Economics

Participants:
The Occupational Share of Foreigners and Attitudes to Equal Opportunities
Marco Pecoraro, Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, University of Neuchâtel; Didier Ruedin, Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies, University of Neuchâtel
“Are Some Are More Equal Than Others?” Comparing Immigrant Insiders in Export and Sheltered Sectors of Coordinated Economies
Akasemi Newsome, University of California, Berkeley

2:30 PM-4:00 PM


E-10
Comparative Capitalism and European Integration
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Alison Johnston, Oregon State University

Participants:
Integrating Political Economies in the Eurozone
Anke Hassel, Hertie School of Governance
Discretionary Exchange Rate Regimes: Lessons from the European Monetary System, 1979-1988
Alexander Spielau, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Martin Höpner, MPIfG
Stacking the Deck in Their Favor: State-Driven Adjustment Toward Monetary Union in Belgium and the Netherlands
Alison Johnston, Oregon State University
Varieties of Austerity? Explaining the Distributional Outcomes of the Eurozone Crisis in the Debtor States
Sofia Perez, Boston University
European Integration and Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Eastern Periphery
Dorothee Bohle, Central European University

4:15 PM-5:45 PM


E-11
Reconstructing Solidarity: Labor Unions, Precarious Work, and the Politics of Institutional Change in Europe
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Gregor Murray, Université de Montréal
Session Organizers: Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University; Anna Ilsøe, FAOS, Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University; Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal

Participants:
Collective Bargaining at the Establishment Level in Québec: Balanced or Asymmetrical Flexibility and Security Outcomes?
Patrice Jalette, University of Montreal; Melanie Laroche, Université de Montréal
The Contentious Politics of Agency Work in Italy and Germany: Institutions, Actors and Strategies
Chiara Benassi, Royal Holloway, University of London; Lisa Dorigatti, University of Milan
Partnership Under Pressure: Decentralized Bargaining in Danish and Australian Manufacturing
Anna Ilsoe, FAOS, Department of Sociology, Copenhagen University; Andreas Pekarek, The University of Melbourne; Ray Fells, The University of Western Australia
Working Conditions and Local Unions at Work: Understanding Union Responses to Flexibility Strategies in Multinationals in Germany and Belgium
Valeria Pulignano, KU Leuven; Nadja Doerflinger, Katholieke University Leuven

E-12
Political Economy of Neoliberal Reforms
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Discussant: Chris F. Wright, University of Sydney

Participants:
Economic Policy in France: from Modernism to Neo-Liberalism
Bruno Amable, Université Paris I Panthéon - Sorbonne
Explaining Varieties of Labour Market Deregulation: Post-Democracy and Policy in British Columbia and Newfoundland-Labrador, Canada (2000-2010)
John Peters, Laurentian University
Continuity Agents, Institutionally-Embedded Political Conflicts, and the Contingent Evolvement of Gradual Change Processes: Evidence from "Jammed" Welfare State Reforms in Israel
Ronen Mandelkern, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute; Michal Koreh, University of Haifa
Weak or No Ties : New Convergencies? The relationship between party in government and unions in Italy and France after 2007
Domenico Carrieri, Università di Roma Sapienza; Maria Concetta Ambra, Università di Roma Sapienza

Sunday, June 26, 2016

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM


E-13
Managing Conflict in Industrial Relations
E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy


Participants:
Labor Conflict and Moral Contention: Nurse Organizing and the Corporatization of Care
Pablo Gaston, University of California, Berkeley
Consensus Versus Conflictual Reations? Changing Social Competencies of Corporate Executives
Saskia Freye, Ruhr University Bochum