Mind the gap : national and local partnership in the Irish public sector

This article uses case study data from a major Irish city council to
investigate and explain public sector worker attitudes towards social
partnership at local and national level. It is argued that the more
sceptical attitudes to workplace partnership reflect structural
differences between local and national arrangements, which have enabled
public sector employers to use 'social partnership' as a constraint in
the implementation process of a pre-determined public sector reform
agenda.