THE CZECH TRIPARTITE COUNCIL AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL PEACE
THE CZECH TRIPARTITE COUNCIL AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL PEACE
Author(s): Mitchell OrensteinSubject(s): Economic history, Political history, Labor relations, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Slovensko sociološko društvo (in FDV)
Keywords: social partnership; trade unions; social accord; government strategy; social peace;
Summary/Abstract: An exceptional level of social accord and political stability has accompanied radical economic reform in the Czech Republic since 1989. Although political cultural and economic explanations are often used to account for this, the author makes an institutional argument and demonstrates the Czech tripartite council's central contribution to the construction of social peace. The Czech tripartite council was created as part of a government strategy of consensus. It gave the trade unions a forum for interest representation, became the peak of a new system of collective labor relations, and defined a role for trade unions to play in the new society.
Journal: Družboslovne razprave
- Issue Year: 10/1994
- Issue No: 17-18
- Page Range: 192-208
- Page Count: 18
- Language: English
