Associative Governance in Scandinavia - Organizing Societies by “Combining Together”

This edited volume explores different aspects of associative governance, providing detailed case studies of associations and associational governance in Nordic societies.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Scandinavian perspectives on associative governance PART 1: Associative Roots 2. A Nordic model of associative governance? 3. Governing morality: The role of intermediary elites in associative governance of religious revivals in Scandinavia 4. Governing Labor: Transformations of Collective Bargaining in Denmark 5. Being strong together: Cooperative Farmer Organizing in Scandinavia PART 2: Transformative Governance 6. Governing People's Homes: Organizing Housing Associatively in Scandinavia 7. Governing savings banks: From community-oriented associations to shareholder corporations 8. Governing Economic Life: Organizing Business Corporations in Denmark 9. Lessons from Scandinavia: Premises and promises of associative governance

About the author

Anker Brink Lund is Professor in the Department of Business Humanities and Law at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Haldor Byrkjeflot is Professor in the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo, Norway, and Visiting Scholar at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
Søren Christensen Ph.D. fellow at Roskilde University Center and researcher at Business Humanities and Law at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anker Brink Lund (Editor), Byrkjeflot Haldor (Editor), Søren Christensen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032466767
• ISBN: 978-1-032-46676-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Nordic Studies in a Global Context
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; European History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Organizational theory & behaviour, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Public Administration, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Management of specific areas, Organizational theory and behaviour