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Vårdstrejken : en muntlig historia

Holm Linder, Primus LU (2025) HISK37 20251
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Abstract
The Healthcare Strike 2024 : An Oral History.
This bachelor thesis explores the effect of the 2024 strike by the Swedish Association of Health
Professionals on the subjectivity of its participants. Through oral history as method and theory,
recorded interviews with a strategic selection of informants have been conducted. All
informants are nurses and union members, but with varying degrees of union involvement. They
recall the strike in three phases – before, during, after – through their own words. Analytical
tools include subjectivity and dialectics. Rick Fantasia's theory of Cultures of Solidarity, as
further developed by Kristin Linderoth for a Swedish context, is applied on the empirical results.
The study contributes to a... (More)
The Healthcare Strike 2024 : An Oral History.
This bachelor thesis explores the effect of the 2024 strike by the Swedish Association of Health
Professionals on the subjectivity of its participants. Through oral history as method and theory,
recorded interviews with a strategic selection of informants have been conducted. All
informants are nurses and union members, but with varying degrees of union involvement. They
recall the strike in three phases – before, during, after – through their own words. Analytical
tools include subjectivity and dialectics. Rick Fantasia's theory of Cultures of Solidarity, as
further developed by Kristin Linderoth for a Swedish context, is applied on the empirical results.
The study contributes to a growing field concerned with the history of welfare strikes, especially
as told by the strikers themselves. Through the theoretical lenses, the meaning of the strikes
emerges as both an awakening and catalyst of solidarity, especially during the mobilization and
engagement phases, but also a source of disappointment and therefore a demoralizing effect
after the strike. Furthermore, three identity formations become clear: the nurse as a (historical)
calling, the nurse as an inward professional and the nurse as an outward proletarian –
individually and collectively. (Less)
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Holm Linder, Primus LU
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course
HISK37 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Strejker, välfärdspolitik, välfärd, fackliga organisationer, strikes, welfare strike, welfare state, Vårdförbundet, labour, labour unions, oral history, labour history, history from below.
language
Swedish
additional info
Examiner: Hanne Sanders (Professor, History, https://portal.research.lu.se/sv/persons/hanne-sanders).
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9213211
date added to LUP
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  abstract     = {{The Healthcare Strike 2024 : An Oral History.
This bachelor thesis explores the effect of the 2024 strike by the Swedish Association of Health
Professionals on the subjectivity of its participants. Through oral history as method and theory,
recorded interviews with a strategic selection of informants have been conducted. All
informants are nurses and union members, but with varying degrees of union involvement. They
recall the strike in three phases – before, during, after – through their own words. Analytical
tools include subjectivity and dialectics. Rick Fantasia's theory of Cultures of Solidarity, as
further developed by Kristin Linderoth for a Swedish context, is applied on the empirical results.
The study contributes to a growing field concerned with the history of welfare strikes, especially
as told by the strikers themselves. Through the theoretical lenses, the meaning of the strikes
emerges as both an awakening and catalyst of solidarity, especially during the mobilization and
engagement phases, but also a source of disappointment and therefore a demoralizing effect
after the strike. Furthermore, three identity formations become clear: the nurse as a (historical)
calling, the nurse as an inward professional and the nurse as an outward proletarian –
individually and collectively.}},
  author       = {{Holm Linder, Primus}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vårdstrejken : en muntlig historia}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}