Towards the end of the protective role of the state in Southern Europe? The impact of the Great Recession on labour institutions
Abstract
In this article I analyse the impact of the profound institutional reforms undertaken during the Great Recession on the protective role of the state in Southern Europe. The labour relations model in Southern Europe suffered a real regulatory crisis due to the economic conditionality of the Troika between 2010 and 2014. But it cannot be said that the state has been deprived of protective resources, nor that the impact has been homogeneous or irreversible. Internal and external causes explain a considerable plurality of results. The Italian institutions have hardly been altered and even extended the insurance of the unemployed. In Spain, the limitation has been moderate. In Portugal it was more intense, but since 2015 this impact has been revised and the national minimum wage has stopped the lack of protection. In Greece, on the other hand, there has been a radical lack of protection that is difficult to reverse.
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