Unions in politics

Public opinion in the United Kingdom and Denmark

Bibliographic Data

ID6258642
AuthorsHans Jørgen Nielsen (0000-0003-2619-4379, University of Copenhagen, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume15
Issue1
Pages75-101
Publication date1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Political Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4130 • E-ISSN: 1475-6765
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-6765.1987.tb00865.x
OpenAlexW2011642285
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited9

The paper examines public opinion about the political involvement of trade unions in the UK and Denmark. Both are systems in which trade unions are linked to a political party and both have high rates of union density. However, whereas British unions have contested governments of both parties and opposed regulation of industrial relations, Danish unions have a tradition of cooperation with government and are entangled in a web of institutionalized industrial relations. Results, however, are amazingly similar. Both the public at large and union members accept unions in general and also their political involvement, but oppose contestation of political authority. Irrespective of union behaviour, beliefs in the supremacy of parliament seems to be firmly rooted in public opinion

Danish · Economics · Government (linguistics · International trade · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Trade union · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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