Expanding Welfare State Borders: Trade Unions and the Introduction of Pro-Outsiders Social Policies in Italy and Argentina.
In: Journal of Social Policy, Jg. 52 (2023-04-01), Heft 2, S. 339-357
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This article investigates the drivers of trade union choices in the social policy arena in the age of austerity. Against the background of a political economy literature mostly emphasising trade union support for their stronger constituency – i.e. the 'insiders' – the article shows the existence of mechanisms potentially inducing trade unions to broaden their demands. Empirically, the study rests on an in-depth comparative analysis of the political process inducing the two largest trade unions in Argentina and Italy, the CGT and the CGIL, to support 'pro-outsider' social policy actively. Besides the comparison of two different geographical areas – though not so different in terms of original welfare state configuration – the main contribution of this article is outlining how the combination of dwindling organizational resources and growing competition from social movements and/or new radical unions leads traditionally insider-oriented unions to reach out to new constituencies and advocate expanded redistributive demands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Expanding Welfare State Borders: Trade Unions and the Introduction of Pro-Outsiders Social Policies in Italy and Argentina.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | NATILI, MARCELLO ; PURICELLI, ANGELICA |
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Zeitschrift: | Journal of Social Policy, Jg. 52 (2023-04-01), Heft 2, S. 339-357 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
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ISSN: | 0047-2794 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0047279421000660 |
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