The Swedish Trade Union System: Centralization and Decentralization

Keywords

• arbetsliv, arbetsmarknad, department of sociology, legitimacy, sociologiska institutionen, sociologi, collective bargaining, income policy, Scandinavia, self-regulation, professionalization, Sweden, government-regulation, industrial relations, LO, TCO, trade unions, SACO, union system, workplace organization, union strength, decentralization, centralization, employers, labour legilsation, labour law, union movement, VF, employers' association, SAF, Saltsjöbaden Agreement, union density, blue-collar, sociology, white-collar, works councils, balance of power, voting rules, Denmark, Norway