Social democrats, unions and corporatism: Denmark and Sweden compared

Anthonsen, Mette,1972Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science (author)

A number of recent studies have documented weakening ties between social democratic parties and trade unions. This article is concerned with the effects of weakening party–union ties on policymaking. In many classic studies of corporatism it has been argued that this mode of policymaking depends on strong ties between social democratic parties and trade unions. In this article, we argue, in contrast, that strong party–union ties are potentially detrimental to corporatism, because in a polarized political environment unions may be tempted to exert political influence via political allies instead of bargaining with their counterparts. In order to evaluate this argument empirically, we present a detailed analysis of two countries with strong corporatist traditions (Denmark and Sweden) from the 1970s to the 1990s.

By the author/editor: Anthonsen, Mette ...; Lindvall, Johann ...; Schmidt-Hansen, ...

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