01648pab a2200181 454500008004000000100002100040245007400061260000900135300001300144362000800157520110200165650002601267650001701293773002501310909001001335999001701345952010401362180718b2000   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aPhillimore, John  aThe limits of supply-side social democracy: Australian labor, 1983-96  c2000  ap.557-87  aDec  aUsing an institutionalist, supply-side framework, the article describes and assesses the industrial relations reform agenda of the Australian labor movement between 1983 and 1996.  Five institutional conditions for diversified quality production are identified, each of which was tackled to some extent in Australia.  The article finds the strategy did not yield the benefits promised.  Economic performance was average, union density fell steeply, and institutional supports for union membership and bargaining are threatened.  Union misjudgments and an unfavorable historical and institutional legacy, in particular the weakness of workplace bargaining structures, explain much of the Australian situation.  Furthermore, the union supply-side reform agenda needs to be placed in its proper context.  Without complementary policies affecting aggregate demand, innovation and industry policies, and finance reform, supply-side intervention can have only a limited impact.  Unions in a neoliberal political economy are not strong enough to force through industrial restructuring alone. - Reproduced  aSocialism - Australia  aTrade unions  aPolitics and Society  a48784  c48784d48784  00104070aIIPAbIIPAd2018-07-19hVolume no: 28, Issue no: 4pAR49212r2018-07-19w2018-07-19yAR