Corporatism and the Myth of Consensus: Working Hours Legislation in Finland in the 1990's FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Demands for more flexible working hour regulations have become, together with unemployment, the key labour market issue in Europe over the last few decades. In this book, Roger Bobacka provides a detailed case study of the Finnish experience, showing how corporatist arrangements work in practice and the effect they have on outcomes." "Critically evaluating the concept of corporatism and the assumption that it represents a form of consensus building, Bobacka also discusses how to normatively define 'good' and 'bad' corporatism and provides a comparison between Finland and the UK on the implementation of flexible working hours. He argues that corporatist arrangements have resulted in an intolerance of dissensus and opposition, and that it is debatable whether the concept is suitable for characterizing systems with close relationships between governments and the main economic interest groups."--BOOK JACKET.
FROM THE CRITICS
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The revision of the working hours legislation in Finland is interesting, says Bobacka (U. of Aberdeen, Scotland), because working hours are of central relevance to a large part of the public; and the main economic interest groups have had automatic access to the formulating stages of the processes, both because of their knowledge of labor market conditions, and because they represent employers and workers. He begins by setting out the context of contemporary Finnish politics. The study was his Ph.D. dissertation, though he mentions no date or institution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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