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The Power of Silence: Variations in the Reproduction of Racial Capitalism Among White Male-dominated Trade Unions in Sweden
Malmö University, Faculty of Health and Society (HS), Department of Social Work (SA). Malmö University, Institute for Urban Research (IUR).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4225-8590
Linköpings universitet.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7098-8611
2024 (English)In: Decolonial Sweden / [ed] Michael McEachrane; Louis Faye, London: Routledge, 2024, 1, p. 145-172Chapter in book (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

This chapter examines the role of white- and male-dominated unions in shaping the racial capitalism of the so-called Swedish Model. Inspired by Du Bois’ re-writing of US history, where white (and male) trade unions play a central role in producing and reproducing racial labor and social inequalities, the chapter follows the thread outlined by Du Bois argument, on the centrality of labor unions in understanding the preproduction of racial capitalism. It contributes to the growing literature on racial capitalism in domestic labor and welfare relations—while pointing to both a continuity of an ethno-racial Swedish welfare nation-state as well as the recent neoliberal rupture in it. The chapter departs from the transition from a Keynesian labor market in which racial capitalism was relatively hidden by a project of subordinated inclusion toward a neoliberal labor market characterized by exclusionary subordination with a racialized stratification of employees. The chapter ends with a discussion of how trade unions—which are central to the Swedish Model—may challenge racial capitalism.

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London: Routledge, 2024, 1. p. 145-172
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Routledge studies on African and Black diaspora
Keywords [en]
racial capitalism, trade unions, swedish model
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Sociology
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Arbete och organisation
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-72501DOI: 10.4324/9781003396611-10Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209000361ISBN: 9781032500331 (print)ISBN: 9781032500355 (print)ISBN: 9781003396611 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-72501DiVA, id: diva2:1917326
Available from: 2024-12-02 Created: 2024-12-02 Last updated: 2024-12-04Bibliographically approved

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