Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way

Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way

Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia

Edited by: Fredrik Engelstad and Anniken Hagelund

De Gruyter Open Poland | 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110436891

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The Nordic model attracts attention in a mixture of applause and disbelief. Among its merits, but also a precondition to its future survival, is its capacity to modify and adapt to changing circumstances. This book scrutinizes Nordic – in particular Norwegian – working life and welfare states from the perspective of institutional change. The analyses range from property rights, boardroom politics and wage formation to old-age pensions, care work and childcare policies. What emerges is a picture of societies characterized by ongoing, often incremental, social and political reform processes. Tripartite relations of coordination and negotiation in the labor market and beyond, give shape to power relations and political processes in particular ways. The close connections between labour market, welfare state, family and gender policies work to create institutional bundles – in an even stronger way than assumed in the Varieties of Capitalism literature.
The book is written for students and scholars with an interest in Nordic societies, in corporatism and political processes, as well as readers interested in theoretical debate on varieties of capitalism and institutional change.

Scandinavian welfare models, intriguiging theoretical approaches, work-life policies and implications

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Fredrik Engelstad, University of Oslo, Norway; Anniken Hagelund, Institute for Social Research, Oslo, Norway

Frontmatter Free access PDF PDF	I
Contents Free access PDF PDF	V
Preface Fredrik Engelstad and Anniken Hagelund Free access PDF PDF	XII
1 Introduction: Institutional Change in Neo-Corporatist Society Fredrik Engelstad and Anniken Hagelund Free access PDF PDF	1
2 Negotiation and the Micro-Foundations of Institutional Change Cathie Jo Martin Free access PDF PDF	17
PART I: Working Life Institutionalization – Negotiating Large Scale Social Change
3 Property Rights, Governance, and Power Balances Fredrik Engelstad Free access PDF PDF	36
4 Institutionalization and Dynamic Change of Institutions – the Basic Agreement and Tripartite Structures in Norway Eivind Falkum Free access PDF PDF	56
5 Participation and Co-Determination: Why Some Arrangements Fail and Others Prevail Inger Marie Hagen Free access PDF PDF	77
6 The Making of Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway Mari Teigen Free access PDF PDF	96
7 Institutional Variation and Normative Theory: Lessons from a Local Equal Pay Controversy Cathrine Holst Free access PDF PDF	118
PART II: Institutional Change in Work and Vocational Education
8 Regulating the Temporary Layoff Institution – Coalitions and Drift Dag Olberg Free access PDF PDF	136
9 Cooperation and Power in Labour Adjustment Choices: A Nordic Perspective Jørgen Svalund Free access PDF PDF	157
10 Preventing Dualization the Hard Way – Regulating the Norwegian Labour Market Heidi Nicolaisen and Sissel C. Trygstad Free access PDF PDF	179
11 Cooperation and Reform in Vocational Education and Training Torgeir Nyen and Anna Hagen Tønder Free access PDF PDF	201
PART III: Negotiations in Welfare State Institutions
12 To Reform or Not to Reform? Explaining the Coexistence of Successful Pension Reform and Sick Pay Inertia in Norway Anniken Hagelund and Axel West Pedersen Free access PDF PDF	220
13 Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation Mia Vabø Free access PDF PDF	242
14 Making, Unmaking and Remaking: The Evolution of Nordic Cash for Childcare Schemes Anne Lise Ellingsæter Free access PDF PDF	262
PART IV: Afterword
15 Conflict, Compromise, Cooperation Concluding Reflections Fredrik Engelstad Free access PDF PDF	282
About the Authors Free access PDF PDF	293
List of Figures Free access PDF PDF	294
List of Tables Free access PDF PDF	295
Index Free access PDF PDF	296

Cooperation and Conflict the Nordic Way

Work, Welfare, and Institutional Change in Scandinavia

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