All about the Money? A Cross-national Study of Individual Parties’ Relations with Trade Unions in Twelve Western Democracies
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All about the Money? A Cross-national Study of Individual Parties’ Relations with Trade Unions in Twelve Western Democracies. / Allern, Elin; Bale, Tim; Hansen, Vibeke Wøien; Otjes, Simon; Rasmussen, Anne; Røed, Maiken.
In: Party Politics, Vol. 27, No. 3, 2021, p. 407-417.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - All about the Money?
T2 - A Cross-national Study of Individual Parties’ Relations with Trade Unions in Twelve Western Democracies
AU - Allern, Elin
AU - Bale, Tim
AU - Hansen, Vibeke Wøien
AU - Otjes, Simon
AU - Rasmussen, Anne
AU - Røed, Maiken
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article examines political parties’ approach to trade unions and the role of private and public party finance in contemporary democracies. We suggest that both unions’ direct donations and states’ party finance regimes may account for variation in the strength of parties’ organizational links to unions. We investigate this argument with a new data set covering parties historically aligned with trade unions and union confederations in 12 mature democracies. Our empirical analysis provides support for the hypothesis that financial contributions are positively associated with stronger organizational links but also suggests that this relationship is constrained by the level of public subsidies and state regulation of donations. The findings point to the need for more research on how private and public money affects parties’ interactions with civil society actors.
AB - This article examines political parties’ approach to trade unions and the role of private and public party finance in contemporary democracies. We suggest that both unions’ direct donations and states’ party finance regimes may account for variation in the strength of parties’ organizational links to unions. We investigate this argument with a new data set covering parties historically aligned with trade unions and union confederations in 12 mature democracies. Our empirical analysis provides support for the hypothesis that financial contributions are positively associated with stronger organizational links but also suggests that this relationship is constrained by the level of public subsidies and state regulation of donations. The findings point to the need for more research on how private and public money affects parties’ interactions with civil society actors.
KW - Faculty of Social Sciences
KW - donations
KW - interest groups
KW - parties
KW - regulations
KW - state funding
KW - trade unions
U2 - 10.1177/1354068819862143
DO - 10.1177/1354068819862143
M3 - Journal article
VL - 27
SP - 407
EP - 417
JO - Party Politics
JF - Party Politics
SN - 1354-0688
IS - 3
ER -
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