E: Industrial Relations and the Political Economy

Friday, June 24, 2016

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:
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:
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

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:

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

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:

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

Saturday, June 25, 2016

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
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

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

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

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
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

9:00 AM-10:30 AM


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


Participants: