Morten Madsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4174973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Morten Madsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Morten |
| FAMILY NAME | Madsen |
| SIGNATURE | MADSEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6036-8240 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 35 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Giving all power to the beast! Violent authority and collective action by ‘second-class’ citizens in Nairobi
This article focuses on the relationship between young, male citizens and the state at the urban margins of Nairobi; a relationship framed by violent encounters and police brutality. My aim is to explore young people’s notions of citizenship at these urban margins through two interconnected emic concepts: the notion of living with ‘the beast’ – as an intimate, violent presence of the state in the form of the police, and the idea of being a ‘secon…
Living for home: Policing immorality among undocumented migrants in Johannesburg
Do Trade Unions Have a Future? The Case of Denmark
This article analyses union membership among members of the Danish Trade Union Congress (LO). In contrast to most studies about union futures, it takes a subjective membership perspective by drawing empirically on an original database established by the authors. First, we show that there exists a widespread commitment to the union parallel with a very strong connection to the firm. The values of members are highly individualized, favouring non-ma…
The Relationship between Working Life and Individualisation: A Study among Danish Trade Union Members
A significant current trend in the industrialised countries is a growing individualization among wages-earners: i.e changes from collective value orientations based on solidarity and equality towards more individualistic value orientations based on self-interest and personal opportunities. This paper analyses relations between these changes in wage-earners' identity, labour market position, job characteristics, and relationship to the company and…
Trade union democracy and individualisation: The cases of Denmark and Sweden
Combining central concepts of individualisation and trade union democracy with empirical results from Swedish and mainly Danish surveys, this article analyses how the tendencies towards individualisation in the membership affects union democracy. The analysis indicates that the individualisation affects union democracy negatively. However individualisation is a relative concept.
Living for home: Policing immorality among undocumented migrants in Johannesburg
The Relationship between Working Life and Individualisation: A Study among Danish Trade Union Members
A significant current trend in the industrialised countries is a growing individualization among wages-earners: i.e changes from collective value orientations based on solidarity and equality towards more individualistic value orientations based on self-interest and personal opportunities. This paper analyses relations between these changes in wage-earners' identity, labour market position, job characteristics, and relationship to the company and…
Trade union democracy and individualisation: The cases of Denmark and Sweden
Combining central concepts of individualisation and trade union democracy with empirical results from Swedish and mainly Danish surveys, this article analyses how the tendencies towards individualisation in the membership affects union democracy. The analysis indicates that the individualisation affects union democracy negatively. However individualisation is a relative concept.
The Relationship between Working Life and Individualisation: A Study among Danish Trade Union Members
A significant current trend in the industrialised countries is a growing individualization among wages-earners: i.e changes from collective value orientations based on solidarity and equality towards more individualistic value orientations based on self-interest and personal opportunities. This paper analyses relations between these changes in wage-earners' identity, labour market position, job characteristics, and relationship to the company and…
Do Trade Unions Have a Future? The Case of Denmark
This article analyses union membership among members of the Danish Trade Union Congress (LO). In contrast to most studies about union futures, it takes a subjective membership perspective by drawing empirically on an original database established by the authors. First, we show that there exists a widespread commitment to the union parallel with a very strong connection to the firm. The values of members are highly individualized, favouring non-ma…
Living for home: Policing immorality among undocumented migrants in Johannesburg
Giving all power to the beast! Violent authority and collective action by ‘second-class’ citizens in Nairobi
This article focuses on the relationship between young, male citizens and the state at the urban margins of Nairobi; a relationship framed by violent encounters and police brutality. My aim is to explore young people’s notions of citizenship at these urban margins through two interconnected emic concepts: the notion of living with ‘the beast’ – as an intimate, violent presence of the state in the form of the police, and the idea of being a ‘secon…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Trade union (3 works)