Comparative Employment relations

  Comparative Employment relations Order Description   Comparative Employment Relations 2016 – 17 Essay topics and suggested readin" rel="nofollow">ings The essays should be entirely your own work, and up to 3000 words in" rel="nofollow">in length. The essay is worth 100 % of your mark. QUESTION 1. “The economic recession that began in" rel="nofollow">in 2008 has shown that the Varieties of Capitalism approach has paid far too little attention to the common features of all capitalist economies.” Discuss. For Varieties of Capitaliusm, start with Hall & Soskice, but note other classifications e.g. Amable, Hamann & Kelly, Hancke & Rhodes etc. The issue at the heart of the essay is how to judge and evaluate the common, neo-liberal policies bein" rel="nofollow">ing pursued across the advanced capitalist world as compared to the contin" rel="nofollow">inuin" rel="nofollow">ing differences in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">institutions, policies and outcomes. For example, collective bargain" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing has become more decentralized almost everywhere, but sometimes in" rel="nofollow">in an organized, sometimes in" rel="nofollow">in a disorganized way. Are common policies evidence of the growin" rel="nofollow">ing irrelevance of VoC (Baccaro and Howell; Heyes et al) or evidence of temporary, crisis-adjustments that play out in" rel="nofollow">in different ways in" rel="nofollow">in different countries? Readin" rel="nofollow">ings on the in" rel="nofollow">individual LMEs and CMEs are particularly relevant. The lectures and readin" rel="nofollow">ings for weeks 1 – 2 are particularly relevant on VoC theory, but the lectures on the 3 main" rel="nofollow">in ER actors (the state, employers and trade unions) and on LMEs, CMEs and BRIC countries are all useful. Readin" rel="nofollow">ings on the 207 – 8 economic crisis, for example those from the Euro - memorandum group, are also relevant. Description of Answer from class discussion by Lecturer- It is important to be familiar with varieties of capitalism theory. It also a good idea to look at particular countries associated with different varieties of capitalism to see to what extent they really are common features? To what extent this is been affected by the economic recession that began 2007 2008 ? Lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at the responses of different countries to the recession. Do they show common approach or very different approach? This is not say which countries to look at but obviously you should look at countries associated with different varieties of capitalism. Doesn’t say how many. You don’t have to over do it. So it is question about diversions versus conversion again" rel="nofollow">in. This question does not ask for the general analysis of the responses crisis. It is not askin" rel="nofollow">ing you to evaluate the crisis. It is askin" rel="nofollow">ing u What are the crisis and response of the Government. You have to look responses of the government and other social partners ( Employers and the union ). What does that responses say (different parties and different countries) about varieties of capitalism approach. Have we paid too little attention to the common features of CAPITALIST DEPARTMENT. Don’t write the whole essay about economic crisis. The economic crisis is your sort of sprin" rel="nofollow">ingboard. How very different countries responded? And does that have to do with the different varieties of capitalism OR NOT? Because there are some countries we thought is different but they responded some similar way. In other matter they responded different way. Or they responded differently in" rel="nofollow">in different period. Not just askin" rel="nofollow">ing you analysis the crisis. It ask you to see what that tells us about varieties of capitalism . Have we paid too little attention to the common features and paid to much attention to the differences.? Take grasp of both literature Holland and skoskies and specially post Holland skos critique, onke . 1. Correct Referencin" rel="nofollow">ing- Harvard model. 2. Try to use at least 30 reference FROM JOURNAL ARTICLES, BOOKS AND NEWSPAPER OR ANY RELYABLE SOURCE. 3. Not over rely on quotation, don’t make all about quotation add your words, make sure reference correctly. Please don’t overdo it. 4. Don’t thin" rel="nofollow">ink you have to give reference for every sin" rel="nofollow">ingle sentence. When you have a major fact defin" rel="nofollow">initely give a reference. Then it is not necessary to give your own approach   Suggested readin" rel="nofollow">ings: Amable, B. (2003) The Diversity of Modern Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press, Chap. 1. Baccaro, L. and Howell, C. (2011) ‘A Common Neoliberal Trajectory: The Transformation of Industrial Relations in" rel="nofollow">in Advanced Capitalism’, Politics and Society, 39(4): 521-63. Broughton, A and Welz, C (2014), Impact of the crisis on in" rel="nofollow">industrial relations and workin" rel="nofollow">ing conditions in" rel="nofollow">in Europe, Eurofound, Dublin" rel="nofollow">in: https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork/comparative-in" rel="nofollow">information/impact-of-the-crisis-on-in" rel="nofollow">industrial-relations Crouch, C. (2014) ‘The Neo-Liberal Turn and the Implications for Labour’, in" rel="nofollow">in A. Wilkin" rel="nofollow">inson et al (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Frege, C.M. and Kelly, J. (2103) Theoretical perspectives on comparative employment relations, in" rel="nofollow">in Frege, C.M. and Kelly, J. (eds) (2013) Comparative Employment Relations in" rel="nofollow">in the Global Economy, Abin" rel="nofollow">ingdon: Routledge Hall, P.A. and Soskice, D. (2001) An Introduction to Varieties of Capitalism’, in" rel="nofollow">in P.A. Hall & D. Soskice (eds) Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations Of Comparative Advantage, New York: Oxford University Press. Reprin" rel="nofollow">inted in" rel="nofollow">in Hancké, B. (ed.) (2010) Debatin" rel="nofollow">ing Varieties of Capitalism: A Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press, especially pp. 1-33. Espin" rel="nofollow">ing-Andersen, G. (1990) The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Prin" rel="nofollow">inceton, NJ: Prin" rel="nofollow">inceton University Press. Hall, P.A. & Thelen, K. (2009) ‘Institutional Change in" rel="nofollow">in Varieties of Capitalism’, Socio-Economic Review, 7(1): 7-34. Reprin" rel="nofollow">inted in" rel="nofollow">in Hancké, B. (2010). Hamann, K. and Kelly, J. (2008) ‘Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations’, in" rel="nofollow">in P. Blyton et al (eds.) The Sage Handbook of Industrial Relations, London: Sage. Hancké, R., Rhodes, M. & Thatcher, M. (2007) ‘Introduction: Beyond Varieties of Capitalism’, in" rel="nofollow">in R. Hancké et al (eds) Beyond Varieties of Capitalism, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Reprin" rel="nofollow">inted in" rel="nofollow">in Hancké, R. (2010). Heyes, J., Lewis, P. and Clark, I. (2012) ‘Varieties of Capitalism, Neoliberalism and the Economic Crisis of 2008-?’ Industrial Relations Journal, 43(3): 222-41. Howell, C (2003) ‘Varieties of Capitalism: And Then There Was One?’, in" rel="nofollow">in Comparative Politics, Vol. 36, No. 1 (Oct., 2003), pp. 103-124. Hyman, R, (2003) ‘Varieties of Capitalism, National Industrial Relations Systems and Transnational Challenges’, in" rel="nofollow">in, A-W. Harzin" rel="nofollow">ing and J. Van Ruysseveldt (eds) International Human Resource Management, London: Sage, pp. 411-432. Katz, H. and Wailes, N. (2014) ‘Convergence and Divergence in" rel="nofollow">in Employment Relations’, in" rel="nofollow">in A. Wilkin" rel="nofollow">inson et al (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Katz, H. and Darbishire, O. (2000) Convergin" rel="nofollow">ing Divergences: Worldwide Changes in" rel="nofollow">in Employment Systems, Ithaca: ILR Press, Chap. 7 (Summary), pp. 263-283. Martin" rel="nofollow">in, C.J. (2014) ‘Gettin" rel="nofollow">ing Down to Busin" rel="nofollow">iness: Varieties of Capitalism and Industrial Relations’, in" rel="nofollow">in A. Wilkin" rel="nofollow">inson et al (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Employment Relations, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Van Wanrooy, B. et al (2013) Employment Relations in" rel="nofollow">in the Shadow of Recession: Fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings from the 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Study, Basin" rel="nofollow">ingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Additional web sources: European Foundation for the Improvement of Livin" rel="nofollow">ing and Workin" rel="nofollow">ing Conditions https://eurofound.europa.eu/in" rel="nofollow">index.htm European Observatory of Workin" rel="nofollow">ing Life https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories/eurwork International Labour Organisation (ILO) www.ilo.org Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) www.oecd.org Euro Memo Group https://www.euromemo.eu/   A brief by someone who did this essay before, but if you have better idea you don’t have to follow exactly like this. For in" rel="nofollow">instance if you need to look at.   Introduction – Why Globalization has impacted the role of traditional in" rel="nofollow">industrial relations actors.   Globalization and employment relations crisis - The crisis commenced in" rel="nofollow">in the USA with the burstin" rel="nofollow">ing of the housin" rel="nofollow">ing market bubble clearly revealed a strong convergence on fin" rel="nofollow">inancial globalization and accelerated the pace of the economic and fin" rel="nofollow">inancial system in" rel="nofollow">integration Varieties of capitalism: the supporters view – here I mentioned the academics that support this view, example: Kelly (2001) supports VoC structure at claimin" rel="nofollow">ing that it challenged the idea that market pressures would drive towards a convergence on a sin" rel="nofollow">ingle model of capitalism underpin" rel="nofollow">inned by these two broad models Advocates of the VoC framework see the divergent in" rel="nofollow">institutional features of LMEs and CMEs as relatively robust and resilient considerin" rel="nofollow">ing the deep historical roots of their in" rel="nofollow">institutions. Streek (2009:17) quotes in" rel="nofollow">in Frege & Kelly (2013) arena (Bamber, Lansbury, & Wailes, 2011). Neoliberalism – Liberalization and VoC criticism - Read this journal (Baccaro & Howell, 2011) US – UK policies – I explain" rel="nofollow">ined the US and UK model (Anglophone country governments and the policies toward deregulation and fin" rel="nofollow">inancial market liberalization   CME model – Germany case – explain" rel="nofollow">in why German labour market is more flexible and different from the Anglophone model.     Fin" rel="nofollow">inancialization and 2008 crisis aftermath, this is a very important poin" rel="nofollow">int – read (Heyes, Lewis, & Clark, 2012).