Fading Corporatism: Israel's Labor Law and Industrial Relations in Transition - Hardcover

Mundlak, Guy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801446007 ISBN 13: 9780801446009

Publisher: ILR Press, 2007

Synopsis

Since the 1980s, industrial relations and labor law in Israel have rapidly changed from a European style of corporatism to a model of pluralism familiar to North America. The country's legal and industrial relations systems have become more decentralized, yet more intensively regulated; they are no longer centrally managed, but they do not fit the neoliberal model of a free market. In recent years, a dynamic system for voicing interests has evolved, granting more leeway to individuals, identity-based representation, and a flourishing civil society, but restraining effective collective representation.

In Fading Corporatism, Guy Mundlak explains the changing nature of labor law and industrial relations in Israel and the seemingly paradoxical outcomes of transformation as played out in numerous spheres, including the law governing the recognition of trade unions and strikes; the emergence of a human rights regime; and the regulation of temporary work agencies, Palestinian workers from the occupied territories, and migrant workers.

Placing the example of Israel in a conceptual framework that draws on the literature of corporatism, Mundlak offers a theoretical coupling of legal studies and industrial relations that will interest scholars and practitioners in both fields. Surveying legal developments from 1920 to the present, Fading Corporatism will also appeal to readers interested in the political, economic, and legal history of Israel. At the same time, Mundlak emphasizes the comparative implications of the Israeli case study. His account is particularly instructive for countries in which traditionally corporatist industrial and legal systems are experiencing similar pressures, such as the Netherlands, Austria, and Germany.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

"I cannot think of another book like this; I cannot even think of another author who could have written one. Guy Mundlak applies industrial relations scholarship in order to understand the genesis of legal norms in Israel, making clear the role of the emerging human-rights discourse in bringing down older conceptions of worker empowerment."-Alan Hyde, Professor of Law and Sidney Reitman Scholar, Rutgers University

About the Author:

Guy Mundlak is Professor of Law and Labor Studies at Tel-Aviv University.

About this edition

• Publisher: ILR Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0801446007
• ISBN 13: 9780801446009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296