1st Edition
The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism Work, Unions and Politics in Sweden
By Walter Korpi
Copyright 1978
472 Pages
by
Routledge
472 Pages
by
Routledge
472 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1978, The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism looks at the position of the working class in the Swedish pattern of welfare capitalism and compares it with other capitalist industrial countries. Beginning with an analysis of class, class conflict, power and social change in classical and modern social theory, Professor Korpi discusses the development of the Swedish labour... Read more
Preface 1. Grave-diggers or angels in marble? 2. Social conflict and structural change 3. The Swedish labour movement and class conflict 4. The political ideas and strategies of the Swedish labour movement 5. Work and work orientations 6. Social relations in work and community 7. The union at the workplace 8. Union government and membership influence 9. The internal union opposition 10. Working-class politics and the union 11. The labour movement in welfare capitalism Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Notes Bibliography Name Index Subject Index
Biography
Walter Korpi
