Comparative Collective Bargaining Law

Abstract

Abstract This chapter examines two dominant strands in comparative collective bargaining literature. First, comparative scholars study national legal systems to identify commonalities and differences in approach to regulating the collective bargaining process. Examining how nations approach similar labour relations problems can help break down deeply embedded assumptions and open up new possibilities for collective bargaining governance that might otherwise be overlooked. Second, scholars have long recognized the limits of comparative labour law. National collective bargaining models are a product of complex, cultural, political, and economic compromises made at formative points in the historical development of nations. The study of comparative collective bargaining law is complicated by the culturally contingent nature of these compromises. Therefore, this chapter concludes with a caution that the study of comparative collective bargaining requires cultural sensitivity to the complex geo-political histories that produce and shape national collective bargaining systems over time.

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