Understanding the Charter of Workers’ Rights in its historical context

Gianfranco Pasquino ()
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Gianfranco Pasquino: University of Bologna and Accademia dei Lincei, Italy

PSL Quarterly Review, 2021, vol. 74, issue 297, 107-113

Abstract: The Charter of Workers’ Rights was a major achievement of the Italian Socialist Party and of the center-left governments. This article explores some of the factors in the international context that allowed for a period of reforms in Italy. Changes in the policies of the US administration; a difficult leadership succession in the Communist Party of the Soviet Union; the renewal of the Catholic Church thanks to the Vatican Council; and the enlargement of the Italian working class plus the role of the Socialist Minister of Labor must all be given credit for a truly significant piece of legislation. The Charter also contained a vision of the future, of a new society, still to come.

Keywords: Workers' Rights; Socialist party; Reformism; Center-left; Communist party; International system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J5 K31 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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