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Bargaining and Participation in Norway

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

Karl Henrik Sivesind
Karl Henrik Sivesind*
Affiliation:
University Oslo, Norway
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Abstract

In this paper, changes in Norwegian bargaining and participation since the end of the eighties are discussed in a twenty year perspective. It is argued that a corporatist bargaining structure has been reinstated as a pragmatic measure to handle a difficult economic situation. This is contrary to the general political sentiments which have prevailed since the beginning of the eighties. However, a new constellation of actors are emerging on the organisational level who may irreversibly change the bargaining structure. With regard to participation, the laws and institutions that were introduced during the 1970s are still in place. However, their content is changing from democratisation as a value by itself to a focus on productivity-improvement as the ultimate goal.

Type
Symposium: The Nordic Work Place
Information
The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , December 1994 , pp. 28 - 46
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s) 1994

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Footnotes

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The author is indebted to Arvid Fennefoss and Geir Høgsnes for useful comments.

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