The end of the relationship between social democratic parties and trade unions?
Abstract
This article will lay out a framework for understanding the relationship between social democratic parties and labour movements, and then briefly examine three cases-Britain, Germany and Sweden-in the period from roughly the end of the Second World War to the present. It seeks to explain the stark fact that the collapse of forms of political exchange between parties and trade unions since the end of the 1970s, and the mutual distancing of party and union movement, have occurred everywhere, implying common pressures.
Repository Citation
Howell, Chris. "The End of the Relationship Between Social Democratic Parties and Trade Unions?" Studies in Political Economy, 65 (Summer 2001), pp. 7-37.
Publisher
Studies in Political Economy
Publication Date
6-1-2001
Publication Title
Studies in Political Economy
Department
Politics
Document Type
Article
Language
English
Format
text
