Industrial and economic democracy in Sweden
From Consensus to Confrontation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6256907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erik Åsard (Uppsala University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 207-219 |
| Publication date | 1986-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1986.tb00830.x |
| OpenAlex | W1984526106 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 3 |
At the beginning of the 1970s, there was a wide‐spread political consensus in Sweden that something had to be done in order to increase employee influence in companies and counteract the concentration of private capital. A series of laws on industrial democracy were passed by Parliament, virtually without opposition. The reforms were followed in 1975–1976 by a push towards economic democracy in the form of so‐called wage earners’ funds. The trade union movement was the leading actor behind these proposals. This broader issue was much more controversial and soon became the focus of sharp disagreement between the parties and the dominant interest organizations. The article analyses the development from consensus to confrontation in industrial and economic democracy in Sweden. Special attention is given to the Public Commission on Wage Earners’ Funds, which sat between 1975–1981 without being able to produce any constructive or concrete results
Commission · Constructive · Democracy · Economic democracy · Economics · Industrial democracy · Labour economics · Market economy · Opposition (politics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Trade union · Wage · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Finance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1988 - 2014 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |