Industrial Relations in Denmark provides a comprehensive presentation of trends in Danish industrial relations with focus on trade unions, employer's federations and the interrelationships between employees and employers, as well as current trends in collective bargaining in both the private and public sector. The book includes a comprehensive explanation and discussion of different theoretical positions within the industrial relations field, including theories of collective action, Human Resource Management, critical theory, traditional systems theory and theories of strategic choice. Certain chapters also contextualise trends in relation to themes such as globalisation and europeanisation. In addition, comparative perspectives present developments in Danmark in relation to other countries.

Carsten Strøby Jensen, PhD., is Head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Copenhagen.

Table of Contents:

Preface

Chapter 1. Industrial Relations in Denmark

Chapter 2. Theories of Industrial Relations

Chapter 3. Trade Unions and Industrial Relations - New Roles for the Trade Unions

Chapter 4. Employers' Federations and Industrial Relations - Towards more Proactive Employers

Chapter 5. The Reluctant State in the Danish IR system

Chapter 6. The System of Collective Bargaining - Towards Organised Decentralisation

Chapter 7. Towards New Management-Employee Relations - Between HRM and Collective Representation

Chapter 8. The Europeanisation of Industrial Relations - A Threat to the Danish IR system?

Chapter 9. Globalisation and the Danish IR Model

Chapter 10. Conclusion

References

Abbreviations

Tables & Figures

Index