Abstract

This presentation starts from the hypothesis that it is possible to establish a relationship between the pattern of social regulation of labour and the model of development in countries. For example, there is a compatibility between the regulated capitalism of the post-war Europe, the Welfare State and the public regulation of labour. The same can be observed in the most recent period of capitalism, in which the prevalence of the internationalization of production and financial globalization, under neoliberal hegemony, tends to implement a more flexible, decentralized pattern.

Clearly the concrete social regulation is being defined from social tensions and bargaining power of social and political actors, in response to objective problems that arise in each historical moment .
In the Brazilian case of recent years, one can observe contradictory movements, with initiatives that reinforce the logic of flexibility and others that broaden  public regulation of labour. The flexibilization thesis lost influence in the 2000s, given the strong advance of formalization and significant drop in the unemployment rate. The explanation of the contradictory movements is related to the characteristics of labour in contemporary capitalism, and redefining the role of the State in the concrete dynamics of Brazilian development in recent years .

The session will highlight aspects that are causing tensions in labour regulations such as: employment development, outsourcing, journey, compensation, role of social actors and of public institutions for labour. With tensions relate the disputes that occur in two opossite poles: 1) the defense of a structuring of the labour market with implications for the quality of social relationships; 2) the statement of the business, which highlights the need for greater flexibility in hiring, in the use and remuneration of labour. So the options are determinant to define the Brazilian development model, in a context of greater integration with the globalized economic and political order.

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Bio note

José Dari Krein ia a  professor at the Insitute of Economics of the University of  Campinas (UNICAMP) and director of the Centre for Studies on Trade Unionism and Labour Economics (CESIT). Holds a MA and a Phd. in social Economics and Labour, and  has published several articles and books in these fields.

unde the "15 days at CES" grant  conducts research during the first two weeks of December in articulation with the  Social Policies, Labour and Inequalities Research Group (POSTRADE)  and with the Doctoral Programme Labour Relations, Social Inequalities and Trade Unionism, as well as with other Doctoral Programmes and research groups at CES. Within the Observatory on Crisis and Alternatives