TY - JOUR
T1 - New public management reforms and industrial relations in the Italian education system
T2 - A cultural political economy approach
AU - Peruzzo, Francesca
AU - Grimaldi, Emiliano
AU - Arienzo, Alessandro
AU - D’onofrio, Giuseppe
AU - Franchi, Claudio
AU - Sebastianelli, Pietro
PY - 2022/6/30
Y1 - 2022/6/30
N2 - This article focuses on the relation between new public management (NPM) reforms and changing patterns of industrial relations (IRs) and social dialogue in the Italian education system. Drawing on data from the research project ‘Social dialogue and industrial relations in education: The challenges of multi-level governance and privatisation in Europe’ (IR-EDUREFORM), it uses cultural political economy to explore the effects of autonomy, evaluation, and management as policy technologies on teacher unions’ collective bargaining, workplace representation and industrial action. Through the Italian case, the study analyses how NPM reforms operated three distinctive transformations: decentralisation of bargaining to school level, juridification and individualisation of industrial action and a shift from collective to professional unions. Beyond critically exploring the implications of NPM reforms and the processes of decollectivation and individualisation of IRs and social dialogue in education, the study also highlights some potential for the emergence of novel sites for collective representation.
AB - This article focuses on the relation between new public management (NPM) reforms and changing patterns of industrial relations (IRs) and social dialogue in the Italian education system. Drawing on data from the research project ‘Social dialogue and industrial relations in education: The challenges of multi-level governance and privatisation in Europe’ (IR-EDUREFORM), it uses cultural political economy to explore the effects of autonomy, evaluation, and management as policy technologies on teacher unions’ collective bargaining, workplace representation and industrial action. Through the Italian case, the study analyses how NPM reforms operated three distinctive transformations: decentralisation of bargaining to school level, juridification and individualisation of industrial action and a shift from collective to professional unions. Beyond critically exploring the implications of NPM reforms and the processes of decollectivation and individualisation of IRs and social dialogue in education, the study also highlights some potential for the emergence of novel sites for collective representation.
KW - Industrial relations in education
KW - NPM
KW - cultural political economy
KW - social dialogue
KW - teacher unions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85133281544&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00220620.2022.2094350
DO - 10.1080/00220620.2022.2094350
M3 - Article
SN - 0022-0620
JO - Journal of Educational Administration and History
JF - Journal of Educational Administration and History
ER -