The Swedish Model of Industrial Relations: Self-Regulation and Combined Centralisation-Decentralisation
Author
Editor
- Craig Phelan
Summary, in English
The Swedish model of industrial relations is analyzed with respect to some closely related dimensions: collective agreements - legislation, cooperation - confrontation, self-regulation - state regulation and centralisation - decentralisation. Both the historical development and the present state of the model are discussed. In an analytical table the dimension self-regulation - state regulation is combined with the dimension centralisation - decentralisation. A distinction is made between self-regulation on the part of unions AND employers' associations (bipartite self-regulation) and on the other hand on the part of unions OR employers' associations (unilateral self-regulation). By that the four fields of the table are extended to six fields. The development in the last 10-15 years is described as a "new mix of self-regulation and state regulation and of centralisation and decentralisation".
Department/s
Publishing year
2009
Language
English
Pages
155-198
Publication/Series
Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History : Volume 1: Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Volume
1
Document type
Book chapter
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Group
Topic
- Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Keywords
- arbetsliv
- sociology
- state regulation
- centralisation
- union movement
- employer association
- Saltsjöbaden
- decentralisation
- collective agreement
- global
- sociologi
- industrial relations
- a-kassa
- trade unions
- facklig organisationsgrad
- blue-collar workers
- union unemployment fund
- SACO
- Ghent system
- fackförening
- white-collar workers
- LO
- svenska modellen
- fackförbund
- industrial agreement
- labour legislation
- arbetsmarknad
- co-determination
- TCO
- Swedish model
- self-regulation
- union density
- department of sociology
- sociologiska institutionen
- centralised bargaining
- solidaristic wage policy
- employment protection
Status
Published
Project
- Union Density in a Global Perspective
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 978-3-03911-410-8