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Article: Union participation in economic policy making in France, Italy, Germany and Britain, 1970-1993.
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- West European Politics
- Article date:
- April 1, 1995
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Historically, one of the principal objectives of trade union movements has been to influence the content of government economic policy in directions thought to be beneficial to union members, such as by establishing full employment as the top priority, but the extent to which they have been able to participate in the economic policy-making processes of Western democracies, and thus be in a position to influence policy outcomes, has varied significantly both between countries and over time. In Austria and Sweden, for example, unions have long been intimately involved in government decision making, while in the United States they are largely excluded from executive policy ...