The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries

Brandl, B.; Lehr, A.

doi:10.1177/0143831x16669842

The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries

Brandl, B.; Lehr, A.

Authors

Professor Bernd Brandl bernd.brandl@durham.ac.uk
Professor

A. Lehr

Abstract

Against the background that corporatism is on the decline in recent decades, one could expect that the representativeness of employer and business associations is also declining. In this article it is argued and shown that, contrary to this expectation, this decline is not observable for employer and business associations. So the question arises as to whether employer and business associations are simply relics of a different era with no longer any purpose. Using a cross-national approach it is shown that by adapting their organizational structure as well as their activities to the changing needs of business, employer and business organizations are as ‘strong’ and active nowadays as ever.

Citation

Brandl, B., & Lehr, A. (2019). The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 40(4), 932-953. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x16669842

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 15, 2016
Online Publication Date	Oct 4, 2016
Publication Date	Nov 1, 2019
Deposit Date	Aug 15, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Aug 16, 2016
Journal	Economic and Industrial Democracy
Print ISSN	0143-831X
Electronic ISSN	1461-7099
Publisher	SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	40
Issue	4
Pages	932-953
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831x16669842
Public URL	https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1378060

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Brandl, B. & Lehr, A. (2019). The Strange Non-Death of Employer and Business Associations: An Analysis of their Representativeness and Activities in Western European Countries. Economic and Industrial Democracy 40(4): 932-953. Copyright © 2016 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.