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Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

Anders Kjellberg

Professor Emeritus

Portrait Anders Kjellberg november 2022. Photo: Emma Lord.

The Swedish Trade Union System: Centralization and Decentralization

Author

  • Anders Kjellberg

Department/s

  • Sociology

Publishing year

1990

Language

English

Pages

1-59

Document type

Conference paper

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • arbetsliv
  • arbetsmarknad
  • department of sociology
  • legitimacy
  • sociologiska institutionen
  • sociologi
  • collective bargaining
  • income policy
  • Scandinavia
  • self-regulation
  • professionalization
  • Sweden
  • government-regulation
  • industrial relations
  • LO
  • TCO
  • trade unions
  • SACO
  • union system
  • workplace organization
  • union strength
  • decentralization
  • centralization
  • employers
  • labour legilsation
  • labour law
  • union movement
  • VF
  • employers' association
  • SAF
  • Saltsjöbaden Agreement
  • union density
  • blue-collar
  • sociology
  • white-collar
  • works councils
  • balance of power
  • voting rules
  • Denmark
  • Norway

Conference name

XIIth World Congress of Sociology

Conference date

1990-07-09 - 1990-07-13

Conference place

Madrid, Spain

Status

Unpublished

Project

  • Development of Trade Unions in Western European Societies (DUES)