Die spanischen Gewerkschaften erleiden einen kontinuierlichen Verlust an Mitgliedern und gesellschaftlichem Einfluss. Gleichzeitig haben neue soziale Bewegungen die Rolle des sozialen Protests und der politischen Opposition übernommen. Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht die Wirkungen und...

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the reaction of a local workforce to global restructuring in a transnational company (TNC), which entailed the closure of a manufacturing plant (La Monroe) in Northern Spain. The article explores the micro-political nature of the corporate decision to close...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the development of industrial relations (IR) in Spain since the democratic transition and analyses the current dilemmas of its social and political actors in the context of the long-lasting economic downturn. Design/methodology/approach:...

Economic analysts usually look at the supply side, the evolution and distribution of GDP among sectors. However, the demand structure offers a lot of interesting information on the characteristics of an economy. The present paper analyses the relationship of growing income inequality and crisis...

Economic analysts usually look at the supply side, the evolution and distribution of GDP among sectors. However, the demand structure offers a lot of interesting information on the characteristics of an economy. The present paper analyses the relationship of growing income inequality and crisis...