Fagforeninger og velfærds-nedskæringer: Faglige sammenslutninger og arbejdsmarkedsreformer i Danmark, Tyskland og USA. (Danish)

Unions and welfare state retrenchment: Union federations and welfare-to-work reforms in Denmark, Germany and the US. (English)

The centres of this study are the welfare-to-work reforms that exemplify the welfare state retrenchments during the 1990'es and 2000'es in Denmark, Germany and the U.S. The analysis explores the differences in the approaches and the political processes of the three countries. The unions and union federations played varying roles and had different impacts on the preparations and implementations of the reforms due to structural, political and historical diversity. The study shows that the Danish federation experienced a change in its political role towards its traditional social partners and political allies as a reaction to its lack of inclusion on the political process. The German and American federations experienced a smaller change partly due to internal ambivalence and partly due to other political priorities. As a result, the unions are weakened, and there is a need for them to redefine their self-conception in the social policy agenda. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

De store arbejdsmarkedsreformer der blev udrullet igennem 1990'erne og 2000'erne i Danmark, Tyskland og USA, står i centrum for dette studie. Igennem cases fra de tre lande undersøges, hvilken rolle fagforeningerne og -forbundene har spillet under velfærdsnedskæringerne, og hvordan deres politiske indlydelse har ændret sig under reformperioderne. Som det fremgår af analysen, har fagforbundene spillet forskellige roller grundet historiske, politiske og strukturelle udviklinger. I Danmark har LO oplevet store forandringer i deres politiske indlydelse og strategier, grundet regeringens aftagende inklusionsprocesser. De tyske og amerikanske fagforbund har oplevet færre ændringer, og dette skyldes indre modsatrettede holdninger og varierende politiske prioriteringer. Resultatet af dette er, at fagforbundene er blevet mindre indlydelsesrige, og der er opstået et behov for, at de gentænker deres politiske indsats, og redeinerer deres selvopfattelse i den social- og arbejdsmarkedspolitiske dagsorden. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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