The Danish Model at Local and Regional Level - Consensus and Co-operation in Labour Market Policy Networks
PhD thesis by Mikkel Mailand
The focus in this doctoral thesis is partly on consensus - or its absence - in local and regional tripartite bodies linked to public employment services and vocational training institutions, and partly on the nature and scope of co-operation between the different actors on Denmark's regional and local labour market. The primary aim is to determine the scope of the consensus and co-operation, while identifying the factors that promote - or impede - such developments. A further aim is to determine whether there are regional variances in this area.
With regard to theory, the project is based primarily on different forms of network theory (social networks, policy networks, industrial networks etc.).
Among the issues addressed in this thesis are: the role played by interests and power in the consensus process; the significance of other forms of governance in co-operation between the labour-market parties (e.g. self-organising networks); the role of interpersonal relations; and the extent - and causes - of regional differences in labour-market consensus and self-organising networks.
PhD thesis, Jurist- og Økonomforbundets Forlag, Copenhagen, 2001 (277 pages).