A trade union perspective on industrial policy regimes in France, Germany, Denmark, China, Singapore and South Korea : what lessons for the United Kingdom?
2022
Hochschulschrift
Zugriff:
This submission for a PhD by Published Work brings together five peer-reviewed papers produced between 2010 and 2017, which consider the role and outcomes of industrial policy. It is based on the experiences of France, Germany, Denmark, China, Singapore and South Korea. It considers debates surrounding the desirability of industrial policy at all, as well as discussions considering whether a lighttouch approach, based on David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage, or a more radical process, should be pursued. The thesis is framed within the theory of institutional economics. Desk research undertaken for each paper was supplemented by semi-structured interviews conducted while I worked as a Senior Policy Officer at the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Agents within capitalism include trade unions, but the literature on industrial policy does not discuss the institutional role of union practitioners as experts, contributing to the implementation of industrial policy across different models of capitalism. This is a gap that my programme of research seeks to fill. My key findings are: that industrial policy interventions, that is to say, government action taken against market signals, strategically applied, can play a major role in economic development; that transplanting institutions from one model of capitalism to another is problematic, but that developing institutions to take on different responsibilities as economic policy objectives change can overcome 'path dependency' constraints within different capitalist models; and that trade unions, using their 'insider' status, can shape the development of industrial policy. The contributions to knowledge made by this body of work include the reconceptualizing of industrial relations within the United Kingdom, in order that social partnership is instituted at the company level, to deliver better outcomes for the workforce. My published work has already shaped the debate on the nature of industrial policy through discussion and comment in the national media and through in-depth policy discussions among political leaders and influencers.
Titel: |
A trade union perspective on industrial policy regimes in France, Germany, Denmark, China, Singapore and South Korea : what lessons for the United Kingdom?
|
---|---|
Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Page, Timothy Andrew |
Link: | |
Veröffentlichung: | 2022 |
Medientyp: | Hochschulschrift |
Sonstiges: |
|