Democracy and the Economy in Finland and Sweden since 1960

Ilkka Kärrylä is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Nordic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland. He received his doctorate in Political History from the University of Helsinki in 2020. He specializes in the political and intellectual history of Europe and the Nordic countries, especially the history of economic thought and policy.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Economic Democracy as a Contested Concept.- 3. Enterprise Democracy: Employee Power or Consultative Cooperation?.- 4. Collective Ownership as a Form of Economic Democracy.- 5. New Economic Paradigm Narrows the Horizon of Democratization.- 6. Final Struggles for Economic Democracy.- 7. From Democratization to Liberalization.- 8. Conclusion.

“Kärrylä provides a meticulous analysis of the changing meaning and significance of concepts of economic democracy in the history of Sweden and Finland. His well-written book is of interest not only to historians of Sweden and Finland, but more broadly to social scientists with an interest in the meaning of democracy … . the book is valuable for all those who want to learn from the dilemmas of the past for the prospect of democratization in the future.” (Micha Fiedlschuster, H-Soz-Kult, hsozkult.de, March 6, 2023)