Abstract
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Only in Australia |
Subtitle of host publication | The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism |
Editors | William Coleman |
Place of Publication | UK |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Chapter | 7 |
Pages | 119-142 |
Number of pages | 24 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780198753254 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
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Australia’s Industrial Relations Singularity. / LEWIS, Phil.
Only in Australia: The History, Politics, and Economics of Australian Exceptionalism. ed. / William Coleman. UK : Oxford University Press, 2016. p. 119-142.Research output: A Conference proceeding or a Chapter in Book › Chapter
TY - CHAP
T1 - Australia’s Industrial Relations Singularity
AU - LEWIS, Phil
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This chapter deals with the perhaps most distinguishing feature of Australian exceptionalism: while Australia’s has an open, market-based, service-orientated economy, its industrial relations system remains an historical anachronism. For all that, support for the system is entrenched in the Australian psyche, and attempts at its reform have proved to be highly hazardous politically. This chapter traces the origins of the current system to ‘compulsory arbitration’ instituted in the first decade of the twentieth century. It argues that while the system was considerably relaxed between 1987 and 2007 it has since been significantly reregulated. It explores the implications of the enduring approach to industrial relations with respect to important issues facing the labour market, and contrasts it with the systems found in the UK, the USA, New Zealand, France, Germany, and Japan.
AB - This chapter deals with the perhaps most distinguishing feature of Australian exceptionalism: while Australia’s has an open, market-based, service-orientated economy, its industrial relations system remains an historical anachronism. For all that, support for the system is entrenched in the Australian psyche, and attempts at its reform have proved to be highly hazardous politically. This chapter traces the origins of the current system to ‘compulsory arbitration’ instituted in the first decade of the twentieth century. It argues that while the system was considerably relaxed between 1987 and 2007 it has since been significantly reregulated. It explores the implications of the enduring approach to industrial relations with respect to important issues facing the labour market, and contrasts it with the systems found in the UK, the USA, New Zealand, France, Germany, and Japan.
KW - compulsory arbitration
KW - historical anachronism
KW - labour market
KW - industrial relations
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/australias-industrial-relations-singularity
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753254.003.0007
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198753254.003.0007
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780198753254
SP - 119
EP - 142
BT - Only in Australia
A2 - Coleman, William
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - UK
ER -