Importing low-density ideas to high-density revitalisation: The 'organising model' in Denmark
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- Importing Low Density Ideas to High Density Revitalisation - accepted
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Why did union officials from a high-union-density country like Denmark choose to import an organising strategy from low-density countries such as the US and the UK? Drawing on in-depth interviews with key union officials and internal documents, the authors of this article argue two key points. First, rather than unions settling for a semi-automatic response to membership decline, the ‘organising model’ was actively imported as a strategic tool for challenging alternative responses to membership decline. Second, the organising model was actively translated into a Danish context and most unions cherry-pick some elements while leaving fundamental aspects out. The study nevertheless indicates that a lack of coherency and model-fit to Danish industrial relations might hamper the positive effects of the organising strategy.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Economic and Industrial Democracy |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 297-317 |
Number of pages | 21 |
ISSN | 0143-831X |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - Denmark , institutional diffusion , organising , trade unions
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