Challenges to the trade unions
The British and west German cases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6406862 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas A Koelble (0000-0002-6918-873X, University of California San Diego, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 92-109 |
| Publication date | 1988-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402388808424696 |
| OpenAlex | W2023446707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 21 |
The article compares the current crises of the British and West German trade union movements. It argues that re‐organisation strategies to adapt to political and workplace‐related changes are insufficient to reverse the decline in the unions’ influence on government policies and hostile employer strategies. The unions’ position is shaped by both international economic and domestic factors, primarily the relationship to the conservative parties and the bargaining position at the firm level. Strategies to revitalise union power have to be political, not economic or organisational
Bargaining power · Collective bargaining · Economic policy · Economics · Economy · German · Government (linguistics · International trade · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Trade union · European Socioeconomic and Political Studies · Finance · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Political Economy and Marxism
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Economic Organizations and Political Space
Disorganized Capitalism?
An Overview
Organized Interests in the Economy
Rational Action, Political Space, and Historical Reality
The Post‐War Years
A Theory of Exchange in Industrial Relations Systems
Organized Industrial Relations Between the Wars
Political Space and European State Traditions
Industrial Relations and European State Traditions
Issue Networks and the Restructuring of the British and West German Coal Industries in the 1980s
Patterns of corporatist policy-making
The second industrial divide
The West German Social Democrats, 1969–1982
Das Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik
Small States in World Markets
The Rise and Decline of Nations
Contradictions of the Welfare State
Work and Politics
The Logic of Collective Action
The Labour Party Conference
Where traditional Tories fear to tread
Neo‐corporatism and industrial relations
Divergent paths
State, business and trade unions in West Germany after the ‘political Wende
The politics of unemployment
Class formation and democracy
On the Rise and Decline of Nations
Trade Unions and Politics
Economic Backwardness in Historical Perspective
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 1992 - 1994 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |