Denmark and Sweden: The Consequences of Public Service Reform and Economic Crisis for Public Service Employment Relations
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Denmark and Sweden : The Consequences of Public Service Reform and Economic Crisis for Public Service Employment Relations. / Mailand, Mikkel; Hansen, Nana Wesley.
Public Service Management and Employment Relations in Europe. Emerging from the Crisis. red. / Stephen Bach; Lorenzo Bordogna. New York : Routledge, 2016. s. 218-243 (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management).Publikation: Bidrag til bog/antologi/rapport › Bidrag til bog/antologi › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - CHAP
T1 - Denmark and Sweden
T2 - The Consequences of Public Service Reform and Economic Crisis for Public Service Employment Relations
AU - Mailand, Mikkel
AU - Hansen, Nana Wesley
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Denmark and Sweden have some of the largest public sectors in Europe. They are also characterized by predominantly voluntaristic labor market models where collective bargaining and employee involvement play a relatively strong role in public sector employment relations (ER). In this chapter, we analyze similarities and differences between the two countries regarding their public sectors and their public sector ER. The analysis focuses on three themes: main public services reforms and New Public Management (NPM), changes in the ER and job levels and the relationship between parliamentary politics and ER. Finally, a multiple austerity typology proposed by Lodge and Hood (2012) is applied to the two Scandinavian cases. We argue that although employment levels remain high, and the public sector ER systems are still basically voluntaristic, changes have been seen in ER models. These changes have been more profound in Sweden than in Denmark, but they took place before the 2008 crisis. In Sweden, an economic crisis in the 1990s was a much more important driver than the post- 2008 crisis. The 1990s crisis contributed to an earlier implementation of NPM and to a higher degree of decentralization of public sector wage setting than in Denmark. It is furthermore argued that post-2008 austerity policies have been relatively mild in the two countries and cannot alone explain recent changes.
AB - Denmark and Sweden have some of the largest public sectors in Europe. They are also characterized by predominantly voluntaristic labor market models where collective bargaining and employee involvement play a relatively strong role in public sector employment relations (ER). In this chapter, we analyze similarities and differences between the two countries regarding their public sectors and their public sector ER. The analysis focuses on three themes: main public services reforms and New Public Management (NPM), changes in the ER and job levels and the relationship between parliamentary politics and ER. Finally, a multiple austerity typology proposed by Lodge and Hood (2012) is applied to the two Scandinavian cases. We argue that although employment levels remain high, and the public sector ER systems are still basically voluntaristic, changes have been seen in ER models. These changes have been more profound in Sweden than in Denmark, but they took place before the 2008 crisis. In Sweden, an economic crisis in the 1990s was a much more important driver than the post- 2008 crisis. The 1990s crisis contributed to an earlier implementation of NPM and to a higher degree of decentralization of public sector wage setting than in Denmark. It is furthermore argued that post-2008 austerity policies have been relatively mild in the two countries and cannot alone explain recent changes.
M3 - Book chapter
T3 - Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management
SP - 218
EP - 243
BT - Public Service Management and Employment Relations in Europe. Emerging from the Crisis
A2 - Bach, Stephen
A2 - Bordogna, Lorenzo
PB - Routledge
CY - New York
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