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Defending the Swedish Model : Social Democrats, Trade Unions, and Labor Migration Policy Reform by Gregg Bucken-Knapp (2009, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739138162
ISBN-139780739138168
eBay Product ID (ePID)77555293
Product Key Features
Number of Pages178 Pages
Publication NameDefending the Swedish Model : Social Democrats, Trade Unions, and Labor Migration Policy Reform
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
SubjectLabor & Industrial Relations, Emigration & Immigration, Europe / Scandinavia, Labor, Political Ideologies / Democracy
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
AuthorGregg Bucken-Knapp
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight14 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2009-022771
ReviewsDefending the Swedish Model provides an insightful and highly original account of Swedish labour migration policy. Gregg Bucken-Knapp's close specification of the relationship between migration, labour markets and the welfare state also means that this book will be of interest to all scholars of contemporary European migration policy and politics., A welcome addition to our understanding of changes in the composition of Sweden's labor force, the capacity of states to regulate labor in a global age, and which groups advocate differing directions of change at critical-decision making moments in the evolution of the Swedish model of welfare capacity., Gregg Bucken-Knapp has written an important study of labor migration policy in Sweden that reveals how strongly the views of the country's social democratic party and trade unions are tied up with its concerns to protect a distinctive "Swedish model" built up over the entire postwar era. This book will be valuable not only for students of Swedish politics but also for anyone interested in understanding the politics of labor migration and the dilemmas of the left in Europe today.
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal331.12/79485
Table Of ContentChapter 1 Chapter One. Labor Migration and Migration Policy Chapter 2 Chapter Two. Labor Migration and the Preservation of the Swedish Model Chapter 3 Chapter Three. Rejecting Calls for Deregulation of Labor Migration Policy: LO, the SAP, and the 2002 Parliamentary Election Campaign Chapter 4 Chapter Four. The Battle to Preserve an Incentive-Compatible Labor Migration Policy Chapter 5 Chapter Five. Labor Migration and the Eastward Enlargement of the European Union: Understanding the Divergent Preferences of the SAP and LO Chapter 6 Chapter Six. Labor Migration and the Swedish Model, At Home and Abroad
SynopsisAcross Europe, the prospect of a rapidly shrinking workforce has put increased labor migration back on the political agenda. However, for many on the left, concerns exist that less restrictive labor migration policies threaten core features of the social democratic project. This is perhaps clearest in Sweden, which in late 2008 adopted a liberal approach to third-country national labor migration, allowing employers to hire freely from outside the European Union. Defending the Swedish Model explores the debate leading up to this reform, focusing on the preferences of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the Swedish Trade Union Confederation (LO). While generally positive to the economic potential of increased labor migration, these allies remained highly skeptical towards calls from employers and bourgeois parties for liberalization. Bucken-Knapp argues that the SAP and LO develop their labor migration policy preferences on the basis of whether specific reform alternatives are perceived as being consistent with, or as undermining, the Swedish model. In the case of third-country nationals, both allies considered liberalization a threat to full employment aims, instead seeking to preserve an influential role for the state labor market board and organized labor. Bucken-Knapp also focuses on the Swedish labor migration debate prior to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, showing how SAP concerns over potential abuse of the universal welfare state led to its support for transitional arrangements. Defending the Swedish Model illuminates the challenges faced by social democrats and trade unions when considering the need for increased labor migration., This book explores why the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the allied Swedish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) have been reluctant to embrace calls from employers and bourgeois parties to liberalize Sweden's restrictive third-party national labor migration policy. Gregg Bucken-Knapp shows that the SAP and LO evaluate proposed labor migration policy reforms on the basis of whether they are seen as consistent with, or threatening to, the Swedish model., Across Europe the prospect of a rapidly shrinking workforce has put increased labor migration back on the political agenda However for many on the political left concerns exist that less restrictive labor migration policies threaten core features of the social democratic project. This is perhaps clearest in Sweden which in late 2008 adopted a liberal approach to third-country national labor migration allowing employers to hire freely from outside the European Union. Defending the Swedish Model explores the debate leading up to this reform focusing on the preferences of the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) and the Swedish trade union confederation (LO). While generally positive to the economic potential of increased labor migration these allies remained highly skeptical toward calls from employers and bourgeois parties for liberalization Gregg Bucken-Knapp argues that the SAP and LO develop their labor migration policy preference on the basis of whether specific reform alternatives are perceived as being consistent with or as undermining the Swedish model in the case of third-country nationals both allies considered liberalization a threat to full employment aims instead seeking to preserve an influential role for the state labor market board and organized labor. Bucken-knapp also focuses on the Swedish labor migration debate prior to the 2004 enlargement of the European union showing how SAP concerns over potential abuse of the universal welfare sate led to its support for transitional arrangements defending the Swedish model illuminates the challenges faced by social democrats and trade unions when considering the need for increased labor migration Book jacket.
LC Classification NumberHD8578.5.A2B84 2009
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