Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000
Mary Hilson (Ed.)
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Hardback. Together, the essays collected here explore themes such as work, unions, politics and migration in the Nordic states from the early modern period to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Hilson, Mary; Neunsinger, Silke; Vyff, Iben. Series: International Studies in Social History. Num Pages: 366 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DN; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JHBL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called Nordic model can obscure the fact that the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods. Together, the essays collected here represent an ambitious intervention in labor historiography and European history, exploring themes such as work, unions, politics and migration from the early modern period to the twenty-first ... Read more
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden today all enjoy a reputation for strong labour movements, which in turn are widely seen as part of a distinctive regional approach to politics, collective bargaining and welfare. But as this volume demonstrates, narratives of the so-called Nordic model can obscure the fact that the fortunes of organized labour have varied widely throughout the region and across different historical periods. Together, the essays collected here represent an ambitious intervention in labor historiography and European history, exploring themes such as work, unions, politics and migration from the early modern period to the twenty-first ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
International Studies in Social History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
346
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785334962
SKU
V9781785334962
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About Mary Hilson (Ed.)
Mary Hilson is Professor of History at Aarhus University, Denmark and is also Docent in Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki. She is the author of Political Change and the Rise of Labour in Comparative Perspective: Britain and Sweden 1880-1920 (2006) and The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945 (2008). Silke Neunsinger is Associate Professor in ... Read more
Reviews for Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star: The Nordic Countries, 1700-2000
Though these essays range widely, they are held together by an excellent common effort to set each chapter within the broader Nordic context. This is a top-rate contribution to the historiography on European labour movements.
David Kirby, University College London
David Kirby, University College London