Fading Corporatism : : Israel's Labor Law and Industrial Relations in Transition / / Guy Mundlak.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Mundlak, Guy,
• Place / Publishing House: Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 3 tables, 5 charts/graphs

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Labor Law in Transition-Between Law and Industrial Relations -- Part I. Corporatism -- 1. Corporatism: Theory and Institutional Design -- 2. The Israeli Variant of Corporatism -- Part II. Constructing Corporatist Labor Law, 1920-1987 -- 3. Legislating for Corporatism, 1920-1968 -- 4. Adjudication in the Service of Corporatism, 1969-1987 -- Part III. Fading Corporatism -- 5. The Changing Metafunction of Labor Law -- 6. The Juridification of the Employment Relationship -- 7. The Changing Legal Construct of Dualism -- Part IV. Corporatist Labor Law in Context -- 8. Corporatist and Pluralist Labor Laws -- 9. The Rule and Role of Law in Industrial Relations -- References -- Index