The fictitious commodity: a study of the U.S. labor market, 1880-1940
In: Contributions in labor studies 30
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In: Contributions in labor studies 30
In: S & D, Band 69, Heft 1, S. 76-83
ISSN: 0037-8135
In: Tijdschrift voor arbeidsvraagstukken, Band 26, Heft 1
ISSN: 2468-9424
In: Tijdschrift voor arbeidsvraagstukken, Band 25, Heft 4
ISSN: 2468-9424
In: Time & Society, Band 17, Heft 2-3, S. 385-389
In: Tijdschrift voor arbeidsvraagstukken, Band 23, Heft 2
ISSN: 2468-9424
In: Christen-democratische verkenningen: CDV, Heft 2, S. 282-292
ISSN: 0167-9155
In: Bulletin of science, technology & society, Band 24, Heft 5, S. 441-445
ISSN: 1552-4183
The conducive economy challenges both the conceptual foundations and the practices of present-day economies. In the Netherlands, a few initiatives during the 1980s and early 1990s looked promising, in particular, as these initiatives focused on work quality as one major precondition for reducing disability and enhancing labor participation. Prospects are less bright today. Ever larger slices of governmental monetary, financial, economic, and social policies become market oriented, as distinct from conducivity oriented. The instrument of the covenant, nonetheless, may prove worthwhile in further promoting the banner of work quality.
In: Thesis eleven: critical theory and historical sociology, Heft 42, S. 134-138
ISSN: 0725-5136
In: European Journal of Industrial Relations, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 367-384
Covenants are agreements between the government and social partners to implement public policy. They are a form of soft law, guiding the regulation of self-regulation, and are specifically relevant in bridging the macro and meso levels of society. Covenants prove effective where actors share goals, and learn to advance policy-making by monitoring efforts, effects and possible risks, and by subsequently fine-tuning follow-up actions. Positive-sum outcomes often result. We describe successful examples of this method of cooperation in the realm of working conditions and employment, and claim that covenants can be helpful in facilitating collective-bargaining framework agreements. In terms of EU policies, covenants are an instance of so-called European Governance Arrangements, the political and institutional foundations of which are still to be developed.