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Title: | Trade Unions and Corporatism in South Africa |
Author: | Maree, Johann |
Year: | 1993 |
Periodical: | Transformation: Critical Perspectives on Southern Africa |
Issue: | 21 |
Pages: | 24-54 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | South Africa |
Subjects: | trade unions Labor and Employment Development and Technology Economics and Trade |
External link: | https://d.lib.msu.edu/tran/209/OBJ/download |
Abstract: | There is a remarkably strong corporatist current flowing in South Africa at the moment. The major actors - labour, capital and the State - are so caught up in it that they are hardly aware of the fact that they have become part of the current. As a result there is still a debate going on in labour and left circles about the merits and demerits of entering into social accords which are usually corporatist agreements. This article first discusses the concept of 'corporatism' and its contemporary meaning in social theory, points out the need for corporatism in South Africa and presents the different types of corporatist arrangements which the South African trade union movement is participating in. The main body of the paper is formed by the actual experiences of corporatism in five advanced industrial countries (Sweden, UK, US, Japan and West Germany). The implications of these experiences for South Africa are subsequently drawn out. Finally, the pitfalls and limitations of corporatism in South Africa are explored with special attention being paid to how the findings link with the labour and left debate on social contracts in South Africa. Bibliogr., note, ref. |