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  • A. Dobbins
  • T. Dundon
  • T. Dobbins
  • N. Cullinane
  • E.D. Hickland
This article shows how both employers and the state have influenced macro-level processes and structures concerning the content and transposition of the European Union (EU) Employee Information and Consultation (IandC) Directive. It argues that the processes of regulation occupied by employers reinforce a voluntarism which marginalizes rather than shares decision-making power with workers. The contribution advances the conceptual lens of ‘regulatory space’ by building on Lukes’ multiple faces of power to better understand how employment regulation is determined across transnational, national and enterprise levels. The research proposes an integrated analytical framework on which ‘occupancy’ of regulatory space can be evaluated in comparative national contexts.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-39
JournalWork, Employment and Society
Volume28
Issue number1
Early online date6 Jan 2014
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Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2014
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