Cooperation and conflict the Nordic way : work, welfare, and institutional change in Scandinavia / Fredrik Engelstad [and three others], editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagelund, Anniken

Contributor:

Engelstad, Fredrik, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Scandinavia.

Working class.

Organizational change--Scandinavia.

Organizational change.

Scandinavia--Social conditions.

Scandinavia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) : illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw, [Poland] ; Berlin, [Germany] : De Gruyter Open, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Nordic model attracts attention in a mixture of applause and disbelief. Among its merits, but also a precondition to its future survival, is its capacity to modify and adapt to changing circumstances. This book scrutinizes Nordic - in particular Norwegian - working life and welfare states from the perspective of institutional change. The analyses range from property rights, boardroom politics and wage formation to old-age pensions, care work and childcare policies. What emerges is a picture of societies characterized by ongoing, often incremental, social and political reform processes. Tripartite relations of coordination and negotiation in the labor market and beyond, give shape to power relations and political processes in particular ways. The close connections between labour market, welfare state, family and gender policies work to create institutional bundles - in an even stronger way than assumed in the Varieties of Capitalism literature. The book is written for students and scholars with an interest in Nordic societies, in corporatism and political processes, as well as readers interested in theoretical debate on varieties of capitalism and institutional change.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface / Engelstad, Fredrik / Hagelund, Anniken

1 Introduction: Institutional Change in Neo-Corporatist Society / Engelstad, Fredrik / Hagelund, Anniken

2 Negotiation and the Micro-Foundations of Institutional Change / Jo Martin, Cathie

PART I: Working Life Institutionalization - Negotiating Large Scale Social Change

3 Property Rights, Governance, and Power Balances / Engelstad, Fredrik

4 Institutionalization and Dynamic Change of Institutions - the Basic Agreement and Tripartite Structures in Norway / Falkum, Eivind

5 Participation and Co-Determination: Why Some Arrangements Fail and Others Prevail / Hagen, Inger Marie

6 The Making of Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway / Teigen, Mari

7 Institutional Variation and Normative Theory: Lessons from a Local Equal Pay Controversy / Holst, Cathrine

PART II: Institutional Change in Work and Vocational Education

8 Regulating the Temporary Layoff Institution - Coalitions and Drift / Olberg, Dag

9 Cooperation and Power in Labour Adjustment Choices: A Nordic Perspective / Svalund, Jørgen

10 Preventing Dualization the Hard Way - Regulating the Norwegian Labour Market / Nicolaisen, Heidi / Trygstad, Sissel C.

11 Cooperation and Reform in Vocational Education and Training / Nyen, Torgeir / Tønder, Anna Hagen

PART III: Negotiations in Welfare State Institutions

12 To Reform or Not to Reform? Explaining the Coexistence of Successful Pension Reform and Sick Pay Inertia in Norway / Hagelund, Anniken / Pedersen, Axel West

13 Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation / Vabø, Mia

14 Making, Unmaking and Remaking: The Evolution of Nordic Cash for Childcare Schemes / Ellingsæter, Anne Lise

PART IV: Afterword

15 Conflict, Compromise, Cooperation Concluding Reflections / Engelstad, Fredrik

About the Authors

List of Figures

List of Tables

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

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ISBN:

9783110436891

3110436892

9783110444285

3110444283

OCLC:

1004886495

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access