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Compensation & Corporatism: Trade Openness, Risk and Social Policy in Mid 20th Century Sweden

Dannerhäll, Alexander LU (2019) STVM25 20182
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This study will consider the link between trade openness and the preferences for social policy of key actors. In so doing, the findings will contribute to better understanding the qualitative link between globalization and social policy expansion (the compensation hypothesis) and complement previous quantitative findings. Given the importance of corporatism for the relationship, this study considers the peak associations of labor and business (the LO and the SAF) during the halcyon days of corporatism and on the verge of European trade integration. The preferences of the leaders of the LO and the SAF for compensatory social policy as well as their understanding of trade-related risks and trade openness are investigated by use of... (More)
This study will consider the link between trade openness and the preferences for social policy of key actors. In so doing, the findings will contribute to better understanding the qualitative link between globalization and social policy expansion (the compensation hypothesis) and complement previous quantitative findings. Given the importance of corporatism for the relationship, this study considers the peak associations of labor and business (the LO and the SAF) during the halcyon days of corporatism and on the verge of European trade integration. The preferences of the leaders of the LO and the SAF for compensatory social policy as well as their understanding of trade-related risks and trade openness are investigated by use of qualitative content analysis (QCA) on journals and convention material during the period of 1958-1961.
The findings hold implications for how social policy as risk mitigation is understood in relation to the risks and benefits of trade. Mostly for the LO, but to a lesser extent for the SAF as well, the consequences of trade are sophistically gauged and acknowledged both for their benefits and risks (only LO). Risk mitigation is understood solely as active labor market policy and, in contrast to theory, not as unemployment insurance. (Less)
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author
Dannerhäll, Alexander LU
supervisor
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course
STVM25 20182
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Economic integration, Social Policy, Corporatism, Qualitative Content Analysis, Preference Formation
language
English
id
8965135
date added to LUP
2019-03-20 15:23:29
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2019-03-20 15:23:29
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  abstract     = {{This study will consider the link between trade openness and the preferences for social policy of key actors. In so doing, the findings will contribute to better understanding the qualitative link between globalization and social policy expansion (the compensation hypothesis) and complement previous quantitative findings. Given the importance of corporatism for the relationship, this study considers the peak associations of labor and business (the LO and the SAF) during the halcyon days of corporatism and on the verge of European trade integration. The preferences of the leaders of the LO and the SAF for compensatory social policy as well as their understanding of trade-related risks and trade openness are investigated by use of qualitative content analysis (QCA) on journals and convention material during the period of 1958-1961. 
The findings hold implications for how social policy as risk mitigation is understood in relation to the risks and benefits of trade. Mostly for the LO, but to a lesser extent for the SAF as well, the consequences of trade are sophistically gauged and acknowledged both for their benefits and risks (only LO). Risk mitigation is understood solely as active labor market policy and, in contrast to theory, not as unemployment insurance.}},
  author       = {{Dannerhäll, Alexander}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Compensation & Corporatism: Trade Openness, Risk and Social Policy in Mid 20th Century Sweden}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}