Walter Korpi – författare

De flesta vuxna ägnar runt hälften av sin vakna tid under vardagarna åt att lönearbeta. Trots detta handlar det offentliga samtalet och den politiska debatten inte mycket om vad folk faktiskt gör på jobbet och hur de ser på sitt arbete. Och trots att allt fler oroar sig för demokratins alltmer pressade situation i världen, tycks få bekymra sig över att medborgarna har minimalt demokratiskt inflytande över sina arbetsaktiviteter.

Tvärtemot denna tidsanda handlar Fronesis nr 88–89 om vad som händer på jobbet. Det handlar om vilket värde det dagliga arbetet har för den som jobbar, om innebörden av rättvisa och demokrati i arbetslivet och om hur kollektiv organisering på arbetsplatsen kan öka både meningsfullheten och rättvisan i lönearbetet.

Den tyske socialfilosofen Axel Honneth gör en idéhistorisk exposé över de olika tankeströmningar som har påverkat vänsterns och arbetarrörelsens syn på arbetets värde och organisering. Den amerikanska politiska filosofen Elizabeth S. Anderson diskuterar det rimliga i att liberaldemokratiska stater tillåter auktoritära styrelseformer över det lönearbete som upptar en så stor del av de flestas dagliga liv.

I en rad texter undersöks det svenska arbetslivet. Det handlar om hur klimatförändringarna påverkar skogsarbetares arbetsvillkor och fackliga strategier, om kommunalarbetares krav på samhälleligt erkännande, om tjänstemännens allt vanligare distansarbete och om hur svenskarnas syn på olika yrkens status har förändrats.

I numret återaktualiseras även Sverre Lysgaard och Walter Korpi, två centrala forskare inom nordisk arbetslivsforskning vilkas analyser av lönearbetarnas kollektiva makt än i dag är högst relevanta.

First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen OECD countries. Its underlying theoretical theme is the development of class relations in free-enterprise or capitalise democracies. This title will be of interest to students of history and politics.

First published in 1983. This book combines a case study of class relations, politics and voting in Sweden with a comparative analysis of distributive conflicts and politics in eighteen OECD countries. Its underlying theoretical theme is the development of class relations in free-enterprise or capitalise democracies. This title will be of interest to students of history and politics.

First published in 1978, The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism looks at the position of the working class in the Swedish pattern of welfare capitalism and compares it with other capitalist industrial countries. Beginning with an analysis of class, class conflict, power and social change in classical and modern social theory, Professor Korpi discusses the development of the Swedish labour movement and its strategies of class conflict. He focuses on the situation of the worker at the workplace and in the community, on the functioning of the labour union, on industrial conflict, and on the political views and standpoints of the workers. He also examines political developments in Sweden and discusses the prospects for a development towards economic democracy. A challenging and comprehensive study of Swedish social democracy in action, carried out by a Swede within a comparative frame of reference, the book presents an analysis which is of central relevance to all capitalist societies, especially when mass communist parties in Europe appear to be moving towards reformistic socialism. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, social class, economy and history.

First published in 1978, The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism looks at the position of the working class in the Swedish pattern of welfare capitalism and compares it with other capitalist industrial countries. Beginning with an analysis of class, class conflict, power and social change in classical and modern social theory, Professor Korpi discusses the development of the Swedish labour movement and its strategies of class conflict. He focuses on the situation of the worker at the workplace and in the community, on the functioning of the labour union, on industrial conflict, and on the political views and standpoints of the workers. He also examines political developments in Sweden and discusses the prospects for a development towards economic democracy. A challenging and comprehensive study of Swedish social democracy in action, carried out by a Swede within a comparative frame of reference, the book presents an analysis which is of central relevance to all capitalist societies, especially when mass communist parties in Europe appear to be moving towards reformistic socialism. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, social class, economy and history.