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Trade union democracy and individualisation: the cases of Denmark and Sweden
Author(s) -
Madsen Morten
Publication year - 1996
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/j.1468-2338.1996.tb00762.x
Subject(s) - democracy , danish , political science , trade union , political economy , sociology , economics , international trade , law , politics , philosophy , linguistics
Combining central concepts of individualisation and trade union democracy with empirical results from Swedish and mainly Danish surveys, this article analyses how the tendencies towards individualisation in the membership affects union democracy. The analysis indicates that the individualisation affects union democracy negatively. However individualisation is a relative concept.