Power relations in employment disputes

Rose, Emily and Busby, Nicole (2017) Power relations in employment disputes. Journal of Law and Society, 44 (4). pp. 674-701. ISSN 0263-323X (https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12062)

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Abstract

This article reconceptualises the operation of power relations in employment disputes. We draw on Foucault’s theory of neo-liberal governance to inform our analysis of empirical data exploring how low income workers make decisions about whether to engage with the Employment Tribunal system. Particular focus is given to the ways the state governs employment disputes to achieve ideologically driven objectives. We conclude: firstly, that power relations in employment disputes operate across a range of institutions and individuals, and that the state’s role is powerful and ongoing; secondly, that power relations operate to shape not just the objective context that workers find themselves in when experiencing an employment dispute but also workers’ subjective moral codes about appropriate courses of action to take; and thirdly, that despite the powerful influence of the state, workers continue to hold non-economic values that guide their perception of the appropriate basis for relations between employers and workers.

ORCID iDs

Rose, Emily ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3719-6428 and Busby, Nicole ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6564-7292;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:60423
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    21 December 2017
    Published
    28 November 2017
    Published Online
    3 April 2017
    Accepted
    Notes:© The Authors 2017. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Journal of Law and Society, 44 (4), 674-201. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12062
    Subjects:Law
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:11 Apr 2017 09:35
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:40
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60423
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