Attempting Institutional Change: Swedish Apprenticeship, 1890–1917

Attempting Institutional Change : Swedish Apprenticeship, 1890–1917

Hellstrand, Sandra, 1983- (author): Stockholms universitet,Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer,Stockholm University

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2016-12-01
2016
English.
In: Nordic Journal of Educational History. - Umeå : Umeå University Library. - 2001-7766 .- 2001-9076. ; 3:2, s. 31-53

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Abstract Subject headings

Sweden never got an apprentice law after apprenticeship was de-regulated in 1864. This has been attributed to unified opposition to legislation from industry employers and trade unions, with the craft employers as the only advocates. Analysing the pattern of agreement and disagreement in the political struggle over apprenticeship in the Swedish case in 1890–1917, it is clear that opposition was not that uniform, nor was the support from the craft employers that undivided. This article makes use of Kathleen Thelen’s model of institutional change in order to shed new light on the developments in Sweden. The model states that any apprentice law requires a coalition of two or more out of the state, the crafts and the metalworking industries – divided into employers and workers. Legislation, in turn, is a near requirement for the survival of strong apprenticeship. In this article the Swedish case will be discussed in relation to two of Thelen’s cases, Germany and Great Britain. In Germany an apprentice law was passed in 1897, while in Great Britain no modern apprentice law was ever passed. Similarities can be found between both of these cases and the Swedish case.

HUMANIORA -- Historia och arkeologi -- Historia (hsv//swe)
HUMANITIES -- History and Archaeology -- History (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Utbildningsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Educational Sciences (hsv//eng)
SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Ekonomisk historia (hsv//swe)
SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Economic History (hsv//eng)

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SOCIAL SCIENCES: SOCIAL SCIENCES; and Economics and Bu ...; and Economic History

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