Cooperation and conflict the Nordic way : : work, welfare, and institutional change in Scandinavia /

Cooperation and conflict the Nordic way : : work, welfare, and institutional change in Scandinavia / / Fredrik Engelstad [and three others], editors.

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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 t...

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Hagelund, Anniken
TeilnehmendeR:
Engelstad, Fredrik,
Place / Publishing House:Warsaw, [Poland] ;, Berlin, [Germany] : : De Gruyter Open,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 298 pages) :; illustrations, charts; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Includes index.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Contents
  • Preface / Engelstad, Fredrik / Hagelund, Anniken
  • 1 Introduction: Institutional Change in Neo-Corporatist Society / Engelstad, Fredrik / Hagelund, Anniken
  • 2 Negotiation and the Micro-Foundations of Institutional Change / Jo Martin, Cathie
  • PART I: Working Life Institutionalization - Negotiating Large Scale Social Change
  • 3 Property Rights, Governance, and Power Balances / Engelstad, Fredrik
  • 4 Institutionalization and Dynamic Change of Institutions - the Basic Agreement and Tripartite Structures in Norway / Falkum, Eivind
  • 5 Participation and Co-Determination: Why Some Arrangements Fail and Others Prevail / Hagen, Inger Marie
  • 6 The Making of Gender Quotas for Corporate Boards in Norway / Teigen, Mari
  • 7 Institutional Variation and Normative Theory: Lessons from a Local Equal Pay Controversy / Holst, Cathrine
  • PART II: Institutional Change in Work and Vocational Education
  • 8 Regulating the Temporary Layoff Institution - Coalitions and Drift / Olberg, Dag
  • 9 Cooperation and Power in Labour Adjustment Choices: A Nordic Perspective / Svalund, Jørgen
  • 10 Preventing Dualization the Hard Way - Regulating the Norwegian Labour Market / Nicolaisen, Heidi / Trygstad, Sissel C.
  • 11 Cooperation and Reform in Vocational Education and Training / Nyen, Torgeir / Tønder, Anna Hagen
  • 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 / Hagelund, Anniken / Pedersen, Axel West
  • 13 Changing Welfare Institutions as Sites of Contestation / Vabø, Mia
  • 14 Making, Unmaking and Remaking: The Evolution of Nordic Cash for Childcare Schemes / Ellingsæter, Anne Lise
  • PART IV: Afterword
  • 15 Conflict, Compromise, Cooperation Concluding Reflections / Engelstad, Fredrik
  • About the Authors
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Index

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