Combatting and acquiescing in unemployment? Crisis management in Sweden and west Germany
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6408454 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas Webber (0000-0002-8305-4869, University of Essex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-43 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/01402388308424400 |
| OpenAlex | W2087335179 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
The economic crisis in Western Europe since 1974 has created an unfavourable environment for the pursuit of social democratic politics. This paper contrasts the nature of political responses to the crisis ‐ especially to the threat of mass unemployment ‐ in West Germany and Sweden. The difference in 'crisis‐management' policies pursued in the two states is traced to the greater strength of social democratic values and the social democratic movement in Sweden ‐ which is, in turn, attributable to the absence of a confessional division in the Swedish labour movement and to Sweden's (historically determined) higher level of trade union organisation
Confessional · Crisis management · Democracy · Democratization · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Political crisis · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social democracy · Social Democratic Party · Unemployment · West germany · Youth unemployment · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1986 - 2017 (32) |
| Highly cited | No |