Employers’ Mutuals and Accident Insurance Scheme in Spain: From Rejection to Control and Collaboration (1966–1990)
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Employers’ Mutuals and Accident Insurance Scheme in Spain: From Rejection to Control and Collaboration (1966–1990)Date
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Vilar Rodríguez, M. & Pons POns, J. (2022). Employers’ Mutuals and Accident Insurance Scheme in Spain: From Rejection to Control and Collaboration (1966–1990). Enterprise & Society, 23(3), 599-639. 10.1017/eso.2020.71
Abstract
[Abstract]: This article discusses the role of employers and their organizations
in promoting or hindering social insurance schemes and, ultimately, the welfare state. Unlike most studies that center on
countries in periods of democracy, this research focuses on the role of employers, and specifically employers’ mutuals, in the
development of the industrial accident scheme during the Franco
dictatorship in Spain. The institutional elimination of the class
struggle, by repressing the working class and prohibiting classbased unions, led to an evolution of the industrial accident scheme
and employers’ liabilities that revolved around the interrelationship
between employers and the state. While employers tried to keep
control of the management and low cost of the insurance, the state
maintained significant bureaucratic intervention and increased
auditing and control. The democratic period that began in 1977
prolonged the structure fostered during the Franco regime and
enhanced the power of the mutuals in managing this insurance. This work was supported by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund, and Spain’sMinistry of Science and Innovation—State Research Agency—for the project entitled “The historical keys of hospital development in Spain and its international comparison during the twentieth century.” Number RTI2018-094676-B-I00.
Keywords
Employers
Mutuals
Industrial accidents
Social security
Spain
Mutuals
Industrial accidents
Social security
Spain
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1467-2227