UNSPECIFIED (1998) Selling the case for gender equality: Deregulation and equality bargaining. BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, 36 (3). pp. 389-411. ISSN 0007-1080

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Abstract

This article explores the implications of deregulation for gender equality. Comparative, outcomes-based analyses suggest that deregulated systems are characterized by inequality. A critical case study of British Gas is used here to evaluate the prospects for equality bargaining, that is the use of voluntary, joint regulation to further equality, in the wake of radical deregulation. Responsibility for equality in the workplace is found to have been privatized. The state as regulator has stood back and managers have reclaimed equality policy within managerial prerogative. Action on inequality has become conditional upon the existence of a business case, an approach that is insufficient for the task. Some re-regulation is required to help bargainers exploit fully the potential of joint regulation for equality.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Journal or Publication Title:	BRITISH JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
Publisher:	BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
ISSN:	0007-1080
Date:	September 1998
Volume:	36
Number:	3
Number of Pages:	23
Page Range:	pp. 389-411
Publication Status:	Published
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/15424

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