NEITHER SOCIAL PARTNERSHIP FOR CLASS-STRUGGLE - A PLEA FOR NEW SOCIALCONTRACTS

What scope is there for social regulation that avoids the uniformity o f the state and the anarchy of the market? This article argues the nee d for new forms of 'social contract', regulatory processes based on th e negotiation of differences through devolved procedures within a 'pub lic space'. Collective bargaining is a classic form of such devolution , but there are many others, and the advance of citizenship requires t heir extension. The construction of new social contracts is the most p romising route for the reconstruction of solidarity in an era of incre ased individualism.