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En stundande skilsmässa?

Kogsta, Evelina LU (2012) STVK01 20112
Department of Political Science
Abstract
In this essay I have examined the factors that may be underlying the fact that the co-operation between the Trade Union Confederation, LO, and the Social Democratic Workers Party, SAP, in Sweden is still strong. In Norway and Denmark this collaboration broke a few years ago and so I made an account of various factors that may have contributed to this break in Norway and Denmark, which I then compared to the Swedish case.
My results were that both the Social Democrats as well as the trade union movement are at its strongest in Sweden and therefore also the exchange is stronger for a partnership for both parties. The legitimacy of the co-operation, which mainly consists of the majority of LO's members still voting for the Social Democrats... (More)
In this essay I have examined the factors that may be underlying the fact that the co-operation between the Trade Union Confederation, LO, and the Social Democratic Workers Party, SAP, in Sweden is still strong. In Norway and Denmark this collaboration broke a few years ago and so I made an account of various factors that may have contributed to this break in Norway and Denmark, which I then compared to the Swedish case.
My results were that both the Social Democrats as well as the trade union movement are at its strongest in Sweden and therefore also the exchange is stronger for a partnership for both parties. The legitimacy of the co-operation, which mainly consists of the majority of LO's members still voting for the Social Democrats in general elections, still exists in Sweden, while in Norway and Denmark it has fallen below a threshold of fifty percent. The fact that the labour movement is stronger in Sweden than in neighbouring countries can be explained by corporatism still being more prevalent in the Swedish society than in Denmark and Norway. (Less)
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author
Kogsta, Evelina LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
En studie över socialdemokratins och Landsorganisationens samarbete i Sverige
course
STVK01 20112
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Socialdemokrati, Landsorganisationen, korporatism, fackföreningsrörelsen, arbetarrörelsen
language
Swedish
id
2275481
date added to LUP
2012-02-14 20:57:48
date last changed
2012-02-14 20:57:48
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  abstract     = {{In this essay I have examined the factors that may be underlying the fact that the co-operation between the Trade Union Confederation, LO, and the Social Democratic Workers Party, SAP, in Sweden is still strong. In Norway and Denmark this collaboration broke a few years ago and so I made an account of various factors that may have contributed to this break in Norway and Denmark, which I then compared to the Swedish case.
My results were that both the Social Democrats as well as the trade union movement are at its strongest in Sweden and therefore also the exchange is stronger for a partnership for both parties. The legitimacy of the co-operation, which mainly consists of the majority of LO's members still voting for the Social Democrats in general elections, still exists in Sweden, while in Norway and Denmark it has fallen below a threshold of fifty percent. The fact that the labour movement is stronger in Sweden than in neighbouring countries can be explained by corporatism still being more prevalent in the Swedish society than in Denmark and Norway.}},
  author       = {{Kogsta, Evelina}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{En stundande skilsmässa?}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}