TY - JOUR AB - The relevance of collective bargaining and industrial relations to economic welfare has been emphasised increasingly over the last two decades. Given rising inflation rates, unemployment and declining competitiveness, industrial relations activities have assumed an important role in economic policies designed to respond to these problems. Some countries responded to these problems through a policy of deregulation and radical changes of labour legislation. In Ireland an alternative corporatist approach has been followed. VL - 14 IS - 10 SN - 0140-9174 DO - 10.1108/eb028177 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028177 AU - Wilkinson Brian PY - 1991 Y1 - 1991/01/01 TI - Corporatism, Industrial Relations and Labour Law in Ireland: An Outline T2 - Management Research News PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 22 EP - 23 Y2 - 2024/04/23 ER -