Trade union activism in the Nordic countries since 1900 / Jesper Jørgensen, Flemming Mikkelsen, editors.
Jørgensen, Jesper, 1975- editor.; Mikkelsen, Flemming, editor.
2023
HD6737
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title Trade union activism in the Nordic countries since 1900 / Jesper Jørgensen, Flemming Mikkelsen, editors.
ISBN 9783031089879 (electronic bk.)
3031089871 (electronic bk.)
9783031089862
3031089863
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08987-9
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (358 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-08987-9 doi
Call Number HD6737
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.880948
Summary Providing a Nordic historical perspective, this collection aims to further our understanding of trade union activism and its role in modern society. Contributions from a range of leading scholars analyse the organisational conditions of mobilisation that were deployed by Nordic unionists, and explore the way that they interacted with other forms of social and political protest during the twentieth century. Covering illegal or so-called wildcat strikes, blockades, demonstrations and other activist measures, the authors examine the way that trade union activism in the Nordic countries aimed to move the political combat zone from the meeting rooms of the respective confederations into the streets and the public domain. The collection focuses on cases from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, but comparisons are also made with countries such as Iceland, Germany, and the USA. Exploring the ways in which political parties have intervened in Nordic trade union activism since the early twentieth century, this unique collection offers new insights for those interested in labour market dynamics and the complex process behind the formation of salary and employment conditions. Jesper Jrgensen is an Archivist and Researcher at the Workers Museum and the Labour Movements Library and Archives in Denmark. Previously, he studied History and Anthropology at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has recently published on topics like Danish left-wing activism, clandestine communist activities in Scandinavia and the impact of the October Revolution in Denmark. Flemming Mikkelsen holds a Doctorate in Political Science and a MA in History from the University of Copenhagen. He is an independent researcher working in the fields of social movements, labour activism, ethnic relations and historical sociology, and has published several books and articles on these topics, including Popular Struggle and Democracy in Scandinavia, 1700Present (Palgrave, 2018). Flemming Mikkelsen has studied and taught at the University of Copenhagen, University of Michigan, Aarhus University and Aalborg University.
Note Includes index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Jørgensen, Jesper, 1975- editor.
Mikkelsen, Flemming, editor.
Series Palgrave studies in the history of social movements.
Available in Other Form Trade union activism in the Nordic countries since 1900.
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Chapter 1: Trade Union Activism in the Nordic Countries: Introduction
Chapter 2: Labor Market Struggles and Labor Market Relations in the Nordic Countries, 1848-2020: Trends and Fluctuations
PART I: National And Local Trade Union Activism, 1900-1939
Chapter 3: The Norwegian Experience: Trade Union Opposition and Local Activism, 1900-1939
Chapter 4: Syndicalism and Strikes in Denmark, 1917-1920: The Syndicalist Challenge to Social Democratic Trade Union Leadership
Chapter 5: Trade Unions, the Social Democratic Party and Labor Market Conflicts in Malmo, 1890-1910
Chapter 6: Anti-Strikebreaker Protests and Collective Violence in Sweden, 1918-1939
PART II: National And Local Trade Union Activism, 1940-2020
Chapter 7: Social Movement Unionism in Denmark, 1940-1985
Chapter 8: Mass Labor Protest and Trade Union Activism in Early Post War Copenhagen
Chapter 9: Reluctant Vanguard? The Strikes of Finnish Building Workers Unions, 1949-1973
Chapter 10: The Peak Strike Period in Finland, 1970-1980: Wildcat Strikes and Income Politics
Chapter 11: From Street Fighting Years to Seizing the Agenda. Labor Militancy Challenging the Establishment in Norway, 1976-2010
Chapter 12: Reaching out. Oslo Construction Workers and Migrant Workers, 2004-2014
Chapter 13: Trade Unions Protest Cycles in Sweden, 1980-2020
Part III: Comparative Perspective
Chapter 14: Lockouts in Scandinavia, c. 1900-1938
Chapter 15: Wildcat Strikes Between 1960 and 1973: A German-Danish Comparison
Chapter 16: Developing Public Sector Trade Unionism in Scandinavia. From Noble Civil Servants to Militant Wage Earners
Chapter 17: Closing the Gender Pay Gap: Global Concepts, Local Negotiations in Iceland and Sweden, 1900-1985.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export