Struggling with transition: Tensions and perspectives in an automotive company in Tuscany

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO
Author/s Marta Bonetti
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/165
Language English Pages 22 P. 68-89 File size 296 KB
DOI 10.3280/SL2023-165004
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L'articolo analizza il programma di ristrutturazione e riconversione avviato da una multinazionale del settore automobilistico con sede in Toscana, nel passaggio alla mobilità elettrica. Il caso si interroga su concettualizzazioni e caratteristiche delle strategie promosse dai diversi attori per mitigare effetti sociali avversi e nuovi rischi occupazionali connessi alla transizione verso un’economia a bassa intensità di carbonio. Il riferimento alla recente letteratura sulla just transition consente di evidenziare il permanere di strutture di governance e approcci localizzati alla crisi e alla sua gestione riparativa che sembrano impedire un ripensamento più generale delle strutture di welfare e di protezione sociale

Keywords: just transition, automotive, electrification, social risks and social policy.

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Marta Bonetti, Alle prese con la transizione: tensioni e prospettive in un’azienda toscana del settore automotive in "SOCIOLOGIA DEL LAVORO " 165/2023, pp 68-89, DOI: 10.3280/SL2023-165004