Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
8-2024
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192870360.013.11
Abstract
Democracy has always been a central project of labour law, but it is all the more important today, with authoritarianism on the rise and democracy under threat across the globe. This chapter examines the relationship between labour law and democracy. It explores the central tension between democracy and labour under capitalism; traces how ideas and arguments about workplace democracy have evolved over time; and explores the relationship between workplace democracy and political democracy, including how and when unions serve as a bulwark against authoritarianism. Ultimately, it argues that a critical task for labour law scholarship is to rethink the body of law to better serve the goals of workplace democracy, economic democracy, and political democracy.
Disciplines
Labor and Employment Law | Law | Political Science
Recommended Citation
Kate Andrias,
Labour and Democracy,
The Oxford Handbook of the Law of Work, Guy Davidov, Brian Langille & Gillian Lester (Eds.), Oxford University Press
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/faculty_scholarship/4546