The Mediating Impact of Corporatism on the Europeanisation of the Cypriot Labour Sector
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Abstract
In this article a domain-specific analysis of Cyprus’ Europeanisation process is advocated. It is argued that the overall process of Europeanisation was governed by an instrumental logic that furnished a consciously promoted national strategy of EU accession. It is suggested also that this logic had a cross-sector impact. The Europeanisation of the labour sector is the crux of this discussion. The article concludes that the pre-existence of a deeply-rooted corporatist tradition in the field of industrial relations acted as the mediating mechanism that facilitated a smooth and speedy adjustment process.
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Keywords
Europeanisation, industrial relations, corporatism, national mission, instrumental logic, mediating mechanism, norm-guided behaviour
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Christofides, L.N. (2003) National Study for the Republic of Cyprus, RILSA-ILO Research Project, Nicosia, Cyprus.
European Commission (1998) Regular Report on Cyprus’ Process towards Accession, 15 November 1998.
European Commission (2000) European Union Common Position, Chapter 13: Employment and Social Affairs, Conference on Accession to the European Union – Cyprus,
CONF-CY 9/00, Brussels, 15 March 2000.
European Council (1997) Presidency Conclusion, 12-13 December 1997.
Fearon, J. and Wendt, A. (2002) ‘Rationalism v. Constructivism: A Skeptical View’ in Carlsnaes, W., Risse-Kappen, T. and Simmons, B.A. (eds.), Handbook of International Relations. London: Sage, pp. 52-72.
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Featherstone, K. (2003) ‘Introduction: In the Name of Europe’ in Featherstone, K. and Radaelli, C.M. (eds.), The Politics of Europeanisation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-26.
Featherstone, K. (2008) ‘ “Europeanisation” and the Centre Periphery: The Case of Greece in the 1990s’, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 23-39.
Freyer, E. (1999) ‘European Financial Integration: Transformation in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Accession of Cyprus’ in Theophanous, A., Peristianis, N. and Ioannou, A. (eds.), Cyprus and the European Union. Nicosia: Intercollege Press, pp. 67-81.
Grabbe, H. (2006) The EU’s Transformative Power. Hampshire: Palgrave.
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Ioannou, C. (2008-2009) ‘The Europeanisation of Cypriot Social Policy: An “Apolitical” Europeanisation Process’, Journal of Modern Hellenism, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 97-128.
Ioannou, C. (2009) ‘The Development of the “Cypriot Corporatist Model”: The Emergence of a “Corporatist Culture” and its Impact on the Process of Europeanisation’, Cyprus
and European Law Review, Vol. 10, pp. 700-736.
Ioannou, N. (2005) ‘Social Policy and Employment’ in Stefanou, C. (ed.), Cyprus and the EU: The Road to Accession. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. 199-219.
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Kioukias, D. (2003) ‘Reorganizing Social Policies through Social Partnerships: Greece in European Perspective’, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 121-132.
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Nugent, N. (2000) ‘EU Enlargement and the Cyprus Problem’, Journal of Common Market Studies, Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 131-150.
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Radaelli, C. (2000a) ‘Wither Europeanisation? Concept Stretching and Substantive Change’, paper prepared for the International Workshop ‘Europeanisation: Concept and Reality’, Bradford University, 5-6 May 2000.
Radaelli, C. (2000b) ‘Policy Transfer in the European Union: Institutional Isomorphism as a Source of Legitimacy’, Governance, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 25-43.
Republic of Cyprus (1999) Chapter 13: Employment and Social Affairs, Position Paper CONF-CY 9/00. Nicosia: Office of the Coordinator for Harmonisation.
Ruggie, J. (1982) ‘International Regimes, Transactions, and Change: Embedded Liberalism in Post-War Economic Order’, International Organization. Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 379-415.
Schmitter, P. (1979) ‘Still the Century of Corporatism?’ in Schmitter, P. and Lehbruch, G. (eds.), Trends Towards Corporatist Intermediation. New York: Sage, pp. 7-52.
Schmitter, P. and Lehmbruch, G. (eds.) (1979) Trends Towards Corporatism Intermediation. London: Sage, pp. 7-49. (First published in Review of Politics 36, 1974).
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Stefanou, C. (ed.) (2005) Cyprus and the EU: The Road to Accession. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Telò, M. (ed.) (2001) European Union and New Regionalism. Regional Actors and Global Governance in a Post-hegemonic Era. Aldershot: Ashgate.
Vassiliou, G. (2005) ‘Foreword by President Vassiliou’ in Stefanou, C. (ed.), Cyprus and the EU: The Road to Accession. Aldershot: Ashgate, pp. xii-xvi.
Venieris, D. (2003) ‘Social Policy in Greece: Rhetoric versus Reform’, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 133-147.
Yannakourou, M. and Soumeli, E. (2004) The Evolving Structure of Collective Bargaining in Europe 1990-2004. Research Project co-financed by the European Commission and the University of Florence, VS/2003/0219-S12.359910.
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