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Does economic transformation undermine union collectivism? The case of East German textile workers
Author(s) -
Frege Carola M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/1468-2338.00052
Subject(s) - collectivism , german , individualism , representation (politics) , european union , political science , economic system , economics , geography , international trade , law , archaeology , politics
There is a widespread hypothesis that union members in East Germany are strongly individualistic, passive and instrumental with regard to their collective interest representation. This article examines the extent to which East German union members can be thus characterised and reveals that people were difficult to classify as pure ‘individualists’ or pure ‘collectivists’.