CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Sinanaj, Shpresa |
|---|---|
| Title | Labor And Capital In European Periphery: A Comparative Perspective Of Hungarian And Irish Post - Crisis Transformations |
| Summary | This thesis evaluates the patterns of change in socio-economic policy developments of the past decade in the cases of Ireland and Hungary. By assessing the implications of recent policy transformations in the labor-capital nexus for Ireland, a neoliberal “poster child”, and Hungary, Europe’s most notorious populist “problem child”, this thesis tests the commonly held belief that Hungary and Ireland’s crisis-induced transformations stand in diametric opposition. I systematically map the trajectory of policy developments in five major institutional domains: financial systems and corporate governance, industrial relations, education and skill creation, welfare, and industrial policy to test these claims. Contrary to mainstream perceptions of divergent trajectories in socio-economic developments for Ireland and Hungary, this thesis argues that both countries have been transformed in a similar direction: towards a deepening of neoliberalism in the labor-capital relations. I attribute this to the stranglehold of the FDI and export-led growth model on these two small states in the European periphery. |
| Supervisor | Anil Duman |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/sinanaj_shpresa.pdf |
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