The “new” European social model

The end of the search for an orthodoxy or another false dawn?

Bibliographic Data

ID23187111
AuthorsKeith Sisson (University of Warwick, corresponding author)
Year1999
Volume21
Issue5
Pages445-462
Publication date1999-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEmployee Relations (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0142-5455 • E-ISSN: 1758-7069
PublisherEmerald (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1108/01425459910292098
OpenAlexW1978531436
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited9

There appears to be some doubt about the future direction of both the theory and the practice of employment relations. This article therefore speculates about the prospects of the “new” European social model becoming the orthodoxy in the field. This model, which has strong similarities with the UK’s “partnership” agreements, stands up very well to many of the criticisms levelled at the “HRM” paradigm that was the most recent contender. The plausibility of the “new” model is in doubt, however, given the prevailing economic and political context in the UK and other EU countries. Even so, if people are looking for a dominant focus for analysis and policy, this “new” model has much to recommend. In particular, it is especially relevant to handling the implications of the restructuring likely to be the main concern for the foreseeable future.

Context (archaeology) · Economics · Field (mathematics) · Focus (optics) · General partnership · Orthodoxy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Restructuring · Social partners · Social Partnership · Sociology · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies